On Friday 13 March 2020 the Government announced that due to the Corvid 19 pandemic, elections due to be held on 7 May 2020 have been postponed for a year.
Police and Crime Commissioners were introduced in the 41 Police Authorities across England in 2012. They are elected using the Supplementary Voting System (SV) and a Police Area Returning Officer (PARO) is appointed to conduct the elections across each area and declare the result. The Hampshire Police Area is made up of 14 local authorities which have Local Returning Officers who are responsible for arranging and delivering the poll for the electors in their area. The number of votes counted in each local area are then collated by the PARO to provide the overall result. The PARO for the Hampshire Police Area is Mr Mark Heath who is also the Local Returning Officer for the Southampton area.
The Police Area Returning Officer is responsible for the conduct of the poll and declaration of result only and must remain politically neutral at all times. For this reason we cannot provide political campaign or information about the candidates on these pages. However information from the candidates about their campaigns can be found on the Cabinet Office website (please note the Cabinet Office pages will not be updated until after the close of nominations). In addition, if you would like to know more about the candidates and what they stand for please search for individual candidates and/or party web sites or contact their local offices.
More information:
- List of Candidates
- Details about the Candidates can be found on the Cabinet Office pages (please note the Cabinet Office pages will not be updated until after the close of nominations)
- Declaration of Results for Hampshire Police Area
The 14 local authorities which make up the Hampshire Police Area are:
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
East Hampshire District Council
Eastleigh Borough Council
Fareham Borough Council
Gosport Borough Council
Hart District Council
Havant Borough Council
Isle of Wight Council
New Forest District Council
Portsmouth City Council
Rushmoor Borough Council
Southampton City Council
Test Valley Borough Council
Winchester City Council