Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner

The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Lancashire Police in the English County of Lancashire. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Lancashire Police Authority.

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Clive Grunshaw since 9 May 2024
Police and crime commissioner of Lancashire Police
Reports to	Lancashire Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of Lancashire
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Lancashire Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Clive Grunshaw
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£88,600
Website	www.lancashire-pcc.gov.uk

On 2 May 2024 Clive Grunshaw re-won the post with a 34,357 majority. He was elected with 135,638 votes compared to incumbent Andrew Snowden's 101,281, with a 26.22% turnout. Neil Darby, the Liberal Democrat candidate came third with 51,252 votes. 9,534 ballots were spoiled. Grunshaw had previously held the post from 2012-2021, and was defeated in 2021 by Snowden.^[1]

List of Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Political party		From	To
Clive Grunshaw		Labour	22 November 2012	12 May 2021
Andrew Snowden		Conservative	13 May 2021	8 May 2024
Clive Grunshaw		Labour	9 May 2024	Incumbent

Election results

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	135,638	45.56%	+5.28
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	101,281	34.02%	−9.39
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	51,252	17.22%	+8.65
	Spoilt vote	n/a	9,534	3.20%	+0.15
Turnout			288,171	26.2%	−7.5
Total votes			297,705
	Labour gain from Conservative

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021[3][4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	166,202	43.41%	15,152	181,354	51.27%	​​
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	154,195	40.28%	18,167	172,362	48.73%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	32,813	8.57%				​​
	Reform UK	Mark James Barker	17,926	4.68%				​​
	Spoilt vote	n/a	11,696	3.05%				​​
Turnout			371,136	33.7%
Total votes			382,832
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lancashire 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
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	132,261	43.8%	20,453	152,714	56.2%	​​
	Conservative	Andy Pratt	96,746	32.0%	22,195	118,941	43.8%	​​
	UKIP	James Barker	49,987	16.5%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Roach	23,164	7.7%				​​
Turnout			302,158	28.1%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
	Labour hold

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012[5][6][7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	66,017	39.28%	13,773	79,790	52.1%	​​
	Conservative	Tim Ashton	58,428	34.76%	14,834	73,262	47.9%	​​
	UKIP	Robert Drobny	25,228	15.01%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Afzal Anwar	18,396	10.95%				​​
Turnout			168,069	15.05%
Rejected ballots			4,643	2.69%
Total votes			172,712	15.47
Registered electors			1,116,623
	Labour win