West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the West Midlands Police.

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Simon Foster since 13 May 2021
Police and crime commissioner of West Midlands Police
Reports to	West Midlands Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of West Midlands
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	West Midlands Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Bob Jones
Formation	22 November 2012 (2012-11-22)
Salary	£101,900[1]
Website	www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk

The PCC's official office is in Lloyd House, the West Midlands Police's headquarters, in Birmingham.^[2]

The PCC role was set to be abolished with effect from 7 May 2024, with its functions transferred to the Mayor of the West Midlands.^[3] However, PCC Simon Foster won a High Court judicial review of the decision, with Mr. Justice Swift saying "The home secretary did not, when consulting, provide sufficient information to permit an intelligent and informed response." A government spokesperson said permission to appeal would be sought. Foster said he expected an election would take place in May.^[4] The appeal was dismissed and the election was held on 2 May 2024.^[5]

List of West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Political party		From	To
Bob Jones		Labour	22 November 2012	1 July 2014[6]
Yvonne Mosquito (acting)		Labour	14 July 2014	21 August 2014
David Jamieson		Labour	22 August 2014	12 May 2021
Simon Foster		Labour	13 May 2021	Incumbent

Election results

2012

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012[7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Bob Jones	100,130	42.00%	17,285	117,415		​​
	Conservative	Matt Bennett	44,130	18.51%	11,555	55,685		​​
	Independent	Cath Hannon	30,778	12.91%				​​
	UKIP	Bill Etheridge	17,563	7.37%				​​
	Independent	Derek Webley	17,488	7.34%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	15,413	6.47%				​​
	Independent	Mike Rumble	12,882	5.40%				​​
Turnout			238,384	11.96%
Rejected ballots			7,063	2.88%
Total votes			245,447	12.31
Registered electors			1,993,998
	Labour win

2014

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election, 2014[8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	David Jamieson	102,561	50.8%				​​
	Conservative	Les Jones	54,091	26.8%				​​
	UKIP	Keith Rowe	32,187	15.9%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	12,950	6.5%				​​
Turnout			201,789	10.38%
Rejected ballots			3,667	1.78%
Total votes			205,456	10.41
Registered electors			1,993,998
	Labour win

2016

West Midlands 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	David Jamieson	275,672	49.88%	30,906	306,578	63.4%	​​
	Conservative	Les Jones	142,651	25.81%	34,271	176,922	36.6%	​​
	UKIP	Pete Durnell	93,851	16.98%				​​
	Independent	Andy Flynn	40,478	7.31%				​​
Turnout			552,652	27.71%
Rejected ballots			28,346	4.88%
Total votes			580,998	29.13%
Registered electors			1,993,998
	Labour hold

2021

Main article: 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

2021 West Midlands police and crime commissioner election[9]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Simon Foster	276,743	45.51%	24,663	301,406	53.70%	​​
	Conservative	Jay Singh-Sohal	239,288	39.35%	20,551	259,839	46.30%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hunt	38,594	6.35%				​​
	Independent	Julie Hambleton	27,664	4.55%				​​
	Reform UK	Mark Hoath	18,002	2.96%				​​
	We Matter	Desmond Jaddoo	7,745	1.27%				​​

2024

Main article: 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

2024 West Midlands police and crime commissioner election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Foster*	327,844	57.55
	Conservative	Tom Byrne	241,827	42.45