Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

The Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Nottinghamshire Police in the English County of Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Gary Godden since 3 May 2024
Police and crime commissioner of Nottinghamshire Police
Reports to	Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of Nottinghamshire
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Nottinghamshire Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Paddy Tipping
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Angela Kandola BEM, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£78,400 (as of April 2022)[1]
Website	www.nottinghamshire.pcc.police.uk

The incumbent is Gary Godden, representing the Labour Party. The post of deputy was announced in September 2024, after delays caused by "checks and due diligence".^[2]

History

The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Nottinghamshire Police Authority. The inaugural incumbent Paddy Tipping was returned in 2012 and again in 2016.^[3][4][5]

Elections for the third term were scheduled for 6 May 2021, having been postponed from May 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions,^[6][7] with the Conservative Party fielding a candidate for the first time in Caroline Henry, wife of Conservative MP Darren Henry.^[8]

The final candidate was confirmed as David Watts, a solicitor and a Nottinghamshire local Liberal Democrat ward councillor at Broxtowe Borough Council, with the Lib Dems also fielding a candidate for the first time.^[9]

Following the election of Henry, within days changes were instigated to scrap the role of Deputy Commissioner, citing a potential saving of up to £78,000.^[10][11] In late 2021, Henry announced the appointment of Sharon Caddell as "interim CEO".^[12][13]

As of January 2022, recruitment was underway for a Chief Executive Officer with a salary of £86,630.^[14]

After becoming elected in 2024, Godden chose to reinstate the role of deputy commissioner nominating Angela Kandola.^[15] She was awarded the BEM in the 2018 New Year Honours list.^[16]

List of Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Political party		From	To
Paddy Tipping		Labour	22 November 2012[3]	12 May 2021[5]
Caroline Henry		Conservative	13 May 2021[17]	8 May 2024
Gary Godden		Labour	9 May 2024	Incumbent

Election results

2024

2024 Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gary Godden	119,355	52.1	+8.6
	Conservative	Caroline Henry	77,148	33.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	32,410	14.2	+5.5
Turnout			234,266	28.1
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

2021

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021[19]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Caroline Henry	131,318	47.9%	7,340	138,658	51.36%	​​
	Labour	Paddy Tipping*	119,271	43.5%	12,031	131,302	48.64%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	23,794	8.7%				​​
Turnout			274,383	34%
	Conservative gain from Labour

2016

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016[20]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	80,926	47.3%	8,823	89,749	61.3%	​​
	Conservative	Anthony Harper	48,155	28.1%	7,950	56,105	38.7%	​​
	UKIP	Fran Loi	20,320	11.9%				​​
	Independent	Tony Bates	14,579	8.5%				​​
	Independent	Jason Zadrozny	7,164	4.2%				​​
Turnout			171,144	21.4%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
	Labour hold

2012

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012[21][22][23]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	57,356	43.13%	8,563	65,919	55.5%	​​
	Independent	Malcolm Spencer	30,263	22.76%	22,526	52,789	44.5%	​​
	Conservative	Tony Roberts	26,304	19.78%				​​
	Independent	Raj Chandran	19,050	14.33%				​​
Turnout			132,973	16.42%
Rejected ballots			2,769	2.04%
Total votes			135,742	16.77
Registered electors			809,594
	Labour win