Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner

The Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Devon and Cornwall Police in the English counties of Devon and Cornwall. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority. The current incumbent is Alison Hernandez, who represents the Conservative Party.

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Alison Hernandez since 12 May 2016
Police and crime commissioner of Devon and Cornwall Police
Reports to	Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of Devon and Cornwall
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Devon and Cornwall Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Tony Hogg
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£88,600[1]
Website	http://www.devonandcornwall-pcc.gov.uk/

List of Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Political party	Dates in office
Tony Hogg	Conservative Party	22 November 2012 to 11 May 2016
Alison Hernandez	Conservative Party	12 May 2016 to present

Electoral record

2024 election

The majority voted for party in the 2024 Police & Crime Commissioner election by local authorities.

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Selina (Sosa) Hernandez	131,764	43.3	−6.7
	Labour Co-op	Daniel John Steel	107,897	35.4	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Lodge	64,790	21.3	+3.4
Turnout			304,451	22.5	−13.6
Majority			23,867	7.9	−21.87

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024, Plymouth Results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Daniel John Steel	28,645	47.69	+15.2
	Conservative	Alison Selina (Sosa) Hernandez	23,364	38.87	−11.18
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Lodge	8,073	13.44	+4.81
Turnout			60,064
Majority			5,281	8.82

Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024. Cornwall results only.^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Selina (Sosa) Hernandez	35,536	43.76	−6.04
	Labour	Daniel John Steel	28,290	34.84	+16.24
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Robert Lodge	17,372	21.39	+1.89
Turnout			81,210	18.8	?
Majority			7246	8.92	−23.31

Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024. Isles of Scilly results only.^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Selina (Sosa) Hernandez	134	49.63	−2.7
	Labour	Daniel John Steel	77	28.52	+12.07
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Robert Lodge	59	21.85	+4.36
Turnout			270	?	?
Majority			57	21.11	−14.77

2021 election

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 - Overall results[6][7]: 23
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	247,173	49.97%	28,044	275,217	65.19%	​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	99,894	20.20%	47,085	146,979	34.81%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	88,318	17.86%				​​
	Green	Stuart Jackson	59,242	11.98%				​​
Turnout			494,627	36.1%
Rejected ballots			16,101	3.15%
Total votes			510,381	37.22%
	Conservative hold

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 - Cornwall only results[8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	82,302	49.80%	9,951	92,253	66.13%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	32,221	19.50%				​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	30,738	18.60%	16,504	47,242	33.87%	​​
	Green	Stuart Jackson	20,005	12.10%				​​
Total votes			165,266

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 - Mid Devon only results[9][10]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	12,188	51.74%	1,421	13,609	69.61%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	4,597	19.51%				​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	3,695	15.68%	2,246	5,941	30.39%	​​
	Green	Stuart Jackson	3,078	13.07%				​​
Total votes			23,558

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 - Plymouth only results[11]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	33,836	50.15%	2,452	36,288	58.05%	​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	21,923	32.49%	4,298	26,221	41.95%	​​
	Green	Stuart Jackson	5,888	8.73%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	5,824	8.63%				​​
Total votes			67,471

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 - Torbay only results[12]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	14,422	57.06%	1,538	15,960	73.06%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	5,505	21.78%				​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	3,489	13.81%	2,396	5,885	26.94%	​​
	Green	Stuart Jackson	1,857	7.35%				​​
Total votes			25,273

2016 election

Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Alison Hernandez	69,354	24.4%	21,682	91,036	51.1%	​​
	Labour	Gareth Derrick	66,519	23.4%	20,723	87,242	48.9%	​​
	UKIP	Jonathan Smith	49,659	17.5%				​​
	Independent	Bob Spencer	41,382	14.6%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Younger-Ross	35,154	12.4%				​​
	Independent	William Morris	22,395	7.9%				​​
Turnout			284,463	22.1%
Rejected ballots			9,657	3.3%
Total votes			294,120
Registered electors
	Conservative hold