Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner

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Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner
GMPCC logo.jpg
Incumbent
Tony Lloyd
since 21 November 2012
Police and crime commissioner of Greater Manchester Police
Reports to Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Appointer Electorate of Greater Manchester
Term length Four years
Constituting instrument Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor Greater Manchester Police Authority
Inaugural holder Tony Lloyd
Formation 21 November 2012
Deputy Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary £100,000
Website gmpcc.org.uk

The Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by the Greater Manchester Police in Greater Manchester. The post was created on 21 November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Greater Manchester Police Authority. The commissioner is Labour Party politician Tony Lloyd.[1] The police and crime commissioner is required to produce a strategic Greater Manchester Police and Crime Plan, setting out the priorities for the Greater Manchester Police, and their work is scrutinised by the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel. In November 2014 it was announced that the role would be replaced with a directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, and the term of office of the incumbent commissioner was extended to May 2017.[2]

Dale Cregan escorts

Tony Lloyd criticised the Home Secretary Theresa May for allowing the daily prison escorts of Dale Cregan from Strangeways Prison to Preston Crown Court. He claimed the operation put officers at risk and was unnecessary. Escorting Cregan and his co-accused cost over £5 million. Lloyd Said “So it appears that common sense can be scattered to the wind if you don’t have to pick up the tab. In the end, of course, we’ve all had to pay for this operation because, although the Home Office have agreed to cover some of the costs, the taxpayer is still significantly out of pocket at a time when finances across the public sector are stretched so much.”[3]

Firearms licences

in 2013 Lloyd backed calls to increase the fee for a firearms certificate because of the shortfall in costs for Greater Manchester Police to carry out background checks. [4]

Elections

2012

Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [5][6][7]
Party Candidate 1st Round  % 2nd Round Total  First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Labour Tony Lloyd 139,437 51.23%
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Conservative Michael Winstanley 42,478 15.61%
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Liberal Democrat Matt Gallagher 40,318 14.81%
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Independent Roy Warren 26,664 9.80%
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UKIP Steven Woolfe 23,256 8.55%
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Turnout 272,153 13.59%
Rejected ballots 6,823 2.45%
Total votes 278,976 13.93
Registered electors 2,002,309
Labour win

Footnotes

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