Police and crime commissioner elections - 5 May 2016

Results for the elections for the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). They took place on Thursday 5 May 2016. Find out about the role of the PCC and what they do.

Election results

Barnsley results

The results of the election for Barnsley only are as follows:

Name Party Votes
ALLEN, David Stewart English Democrats – “More police – catching criminals!” 3526 (7.82%)
BILLINGS, Alan Roy Labour Party 24,846 (55.09%)
FELTON, Gavin Patrick UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9603 (21.29%)
OTTEN, Joe Liberal Democrats 1873 (4.15%)
WALKER, Ian Geoffrey The Conservative Party Candidate 5252 (11.65%)

South Yorkshire results

The combined results of the election for the South Yorkshire Police area (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) are as follows:

Name Party Votes
ALLEN, David Stewart English Democrats – “More police – catching criminals!”  19,144 (6.86%)
BILLINGS, Alan Roy (Elected) Labour Party  144,978 (51.94%)
FELTON, Gavin Patrick UK Independence Party (UKIP)  57,062 (20.44%)
OTTEN, Joe Liberal Democrats  28,060 (10.05%)
WALKER, Ian Geoffrey The Conservative Party Candidate  29,904 (10.71%)
  • Number of ballot papers rejected at first count: 9724
  • Turnout in the South Yorkshire Police area was 29.48%.

Alan Billings, the Labour Party candidate, has been elected as the PCC for South Yorkshire.