Keith Hunter elected as Humberside PCC

Keith Hunter is the new Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner

KEITH HUNTER has been elected as the new Police and Crime Commissioner for the Humberside Police force area.

Following the first round count of ballot papers today at Bridlington Spa, no candidate had achieved the required overall majority of votes cast and Mr Hunter was elected after a second count of supplementary votes with a majority of 24,353 (full result below).

Following the announcement of the final result by the Returning Officer, Mr Hunter was sworn in as the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside. He will officially commence the role on Thursday 12th May.

First Round Count Result                                Second Round Count Result                           Total

Keith Hunter (Lab) - 62,010                                Keith Hunter (Lab) - 14,118                             76,128

Matthew Grove (Con) - 40,925                          Matthew Grove (Con) - 10,850                        51,775      
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Mike Whitehead (UKIP) - 27,434

Denis Healy (LibDem) - 21,441