Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

The Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Surrey Police in the English County of Surrey. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Surrey Police Authority. The Previous incumbent was David Munro, who represented the Conservative Party. As of 2021, Lisa Townsend is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey.^[1]

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Lisa Townsend since 13 May 2021
Police and crime commissioner of Surrey Police
Reports to	Surrey Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of Surrey
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Surrey Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Kevin Hurley
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£73,300
Website	www.surrey-pcc.gov.uk

List of Surrey Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Political party		From	To
Kevin Hurley		Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief	22 November 2012	11 May 2016
David Munro		Conservative	12 May 2016	12 May 2021
Lisa Townsend		Conservative	13 May 2021	Incumbent

2024 election

In the 2024 election, the voting system was changed to first past the post. (FPTP)

2024 Surrey police and crime commissioner election^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Townsend	95,538	36.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy	82,213	31.3	+11.1
	Labour	Kate Chinn	42,813	16.3	+4.5
	Independent	Alex Coley	42,052	16.0	New
Turnout			265,682	29.9
Rejected ballots			3,066
Total votes			262,616
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

2021 election

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021[4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Lisa Townsend	112,260	32.69%	42,856	155,116		​​
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy	69,412	20.21%	42,803	112,215		​​
	Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief	Kevin Hurley	59,554	17.34%				​​
	Independent	David Munro	53,103	15.46%				​​
	Labour	Howard Kaye	40,597	11.82%				​​
Turnout			343,375
Rejected ballots			8,449	2.46
Total votes			334,926
Registered electors
	Conservative win

2016 election

Surrey 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	David Munro	82,125	35.33%	17,997	100,122		​​
	Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief	Kevin Hurley	41,603	17.90%	16,078	57,681		​​
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy	29,933	12.88%				​​
	Labour	Howard Kaye	28,005	12.05%				​​
	UKIP	Julia Searle	24,055	10.35%				​​
	Independent	Jamie Goldrick	14,007	6.03%				​​
	Independent	Camille Juliff	12,746	5.48%				​​
Turnout			232,474	28.07%
Rejected ballots			7,461	3.11%
Total votes			239,935
Registered electors			854,648
	Conservative gain from Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief

2012 election

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012[5]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief	Kevin Hurley	34,378	26.12%	18,415	52,793		​​
	Conservative	Julie Iles	34,391	26.13%	10,677	45,068		​​
	Independent	Peter Williams	26,292	19.97%				​​
	Labour	Robert Evans	17,384	13.21%				​​
	UKIP	Robert Shatwell	10,684	8.12%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Nick O'Shea	8,503	6.46%				​​
Turnout			131,632	15.36%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors			856,968
	Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief win