2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election

UK regional election September 2019 September 2019 2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Position of South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner no 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections 2012 2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections 2016 30 October 2014 Alan Billings Lab Labour Party (UK) 74,060 50.02% Jack Clarkson x160px UK Independence Party 46,883 31.66% Ian Walker Con Conservative Party (UK) 18,536 12.52% David Allen ED English Democrats 8,583 5.80% 9.76% PPC Subsequent PPC Shaun Wright Labour Party (UK) Alan Billings Labour Party (UK) 14.88% ( 0.05%) 1.33% 20.12% 1.99% The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014Helen Pidd https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/29/south-yorkshire-new-pcc Fury, disgust and apathy as people of South Yorkshire choose a new PCC Guardian Media Group The Guardian 29 October 2014 31 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright, the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head of children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010, while events surrounding the scandal were taking place.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29220535 PCC Shaun Wright resigns over Rotherham child abuse scandal BBC BBC News 16 September 2014 16 September 2014 The Labour candidate, Alan Billings, was elected.Matthew Holehouse https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11200403/Labour-wins-South-Yorkshire-Police-and-Crime-Commissioner-by-election.html Labour wins South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 31 October 2014 31 October 2014 Background Wright was the first Police and Crime Commissioner for the area, elected as the Labour Party candidate on 15 November 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-20343812 South Yorkshire Labour candidate Shaun Wright elected police chief 16 November 2012 BBC News BBC 20 November 2012 He was previously a local councillor and member of the police authority. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham reported in August 2014. Given his prior council role and then current PCC role, there were calls for Wright to resign, including from the Labour Party,https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rotherham-child-abuse-report-calls-for-resignation-of-police-commissioner-who-headed-councils-child-safeguarding-department-9692749.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rotherham-child-abuse-report-calls-for-resignation-of-police-commissioner-who-headed-councils-child-safeguarding-department-9692749.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Rotherham child abuse report: Police commissioner Shaun Wright quits Labour Party – but refuses to resign from post – Crime – UK The Independent 16 September 2014 and the Conservative Prime Minister and Home Secretary.Rotherham child abuse: PCC refuses to quit over report Channel 4 News London 27 August 2014 http://www.channel4.com/news/rotherham-child-abuse-south-yorkshire-police-report 27 August 2014: See first video from 03:26https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28947707 Rotherham child abuse: Commissioner faces calls to resign BBC News 27 August 2014 27 August 2014 Labour threatened to suspend him from the party if he did not resign,Police Commissioner Shaun Wright Will Be Suspended By Labour If He Does Not Resign Huffington Post (UK) London 27 August 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/27/south-yorkshires-police-commissioner-shaun-wright-will-be-suspended-by-labour-if-he-does-not-resign_n_5725408.html 27 August 2014 leading to Wright leaving the Labour Party on 28 August 2014. Wright's deputy, Tracey Cheetham, resigned, calling on him to do the same. http://rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/96747/shaun-wright-s-deputy-pcc-resigns.aspx Rotherham Advertiser 29 August 2014 30 August 2014 Rotherham Advertiser Johnson Presshttp://ind.pn/1Cgckz7 Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal – the lessons: we need solutions not scapegoats 31 August 2014 31 August 2014 The Independent The Independent http://tchee2p.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/my-dpcc-resignation-statement-in-full.html My DPCC Resignation Statement in Full 28 August 2014 30 August 2014 www.tchee.co.ukhttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/28/shaun-wrights-deputy-tracey-cheetham-resigns-over-rotherham-sex-abuse-scandal_n_5730838.html Shaun Wright's Deputy Tracey Cheetham Resigns Over Rotherham Sex Abuse Scandal 28 August 2014 The Huffington Post UK 16 September 2014 On 3 September 2014, Sheffield City Council unanimously passed a symbolic motion of no confidence in Wright, calling for his resignation.http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/council-calls-for-police-chief-to-resign-now-1-6821683 Council calls for police chief to resign now Sheffield Telegraph 4 September 2014 6 September 2014 (Legislation means there is no power of recall for PCCs and the only way they can be removed is if they commit misconduct in public office, or are convicted of an offence with a custodial sentence of two or more years.Rotherham child abuse: Police commissioner quits Labour BBC News London 28 August 2014 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28962144 7 September 2014) On 16 September 2014, Wright resigned as Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, http://www.southyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/News-Archive/2014/Shaun-Wright-Resignation-Statement.aspx Shaun Wright Resignation Statement 16 September 2014 16 September 2014 Office of Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Wright Shaun https://web.archive.org/web/20140918222220/http://www.southyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/News-Archive/2014/Shaun-Wright-Resignation-Statement.aspx 18 September 2014 dead triggering the by-election. Candidates and campaign On 3 October, Barnsley Borough Council (who oversaw the election) confirmed that four candidates had been validly nominated,https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/3530927/sopn_notice.pdf Barnsley.gov.uk 22 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120750/https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/3530927/sopn_notice.pdf 6 October 2014 dead representing four of the five parties who contested the 2012 election. David Allen, who came second in the 2012 election, stood again for the English Democrats.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29480474 English Democrat to stand for PCC 3 October 2014 BBC News 22 October 2017http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/crime/doncaster-english-democrat-to-stand-in-pcc-by-election-1-6876346 Doncaster English Democrat to stand in PCC by-election Doncaster Free Press 22 October 2017 Labour's candidate, Dr the Reverend Alan Billings, was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council 1981–6. A parish priest in Sheffield and a member of the Youth Justice Board for England & Wales and of the England Committee of the Big Lottery Fund. He has worked with the British Army on their ethical policies and was previously director of the Centre for Ethics and Religion at Lancaster University.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29344540 Labour and UKIP name PCC candidates 24 September 2014 BBC News 22 October 2017 Ian Walker of Sheffield, the managing director of Rotary Electrical UK, stood for the Conservatives.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29444220 Conservative PCC candidate announced 1 October 2014 BBC News 22 October 2017 UKIP's candidate, Jack Clarkson is a former police inspector in the South Yorkshire Police. Previously a Liberal Democrat councillor. Then a UKIP councillor, before becoming leader of the UKIP group on Sheffield City Council. UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, said the result of the by-election "would be a key factor in determining the party's general election strategy in the region in 2015."http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/politics/ukip-on-the-march-in-the-north-farage-1-6905686 Ukip on the march in the North – Farage The Yorkshire Post 22 October 2017 The fifth party to stand in the previous election, the Liberal Democrats, did not contest the by-election following the assessment of their leader and South Yorkshire MP, Nick Clegg, that PCCs are "a failed experiment".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29481328 Clegg calls PCCs 'failed experiment' 3 October 2014 BBC News 22 October 2017 Results Turnout was 14.88%.https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-and-elections/voting/current-elections Notices of elections – 7 May 2015 www.barnsley.gov.uk 22 October 2017 7 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150607080203/https://www2.barnsley.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-and-elections/voting/current-elections dead South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election, 30 October 2014 Labour Party (UK) Alan Billings 74060 74060 50.02 UKIP Jack Clarkson 74060 46883 31.66 Conservative Party (UK) Ian WalkerThe Star Conservative candidate for South Yorkshire PCC revealed today Ellen Beardmore 30 September 2014 http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/conservative-candidate-for-south-yorkshire-pcc-revealed-today-1-6869519 74060 18536 12.52 English Democrats David Allen 74060 8583 5.80 148,062 14.88% Labour Party (UK) Previous result South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner election result http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/november/police-and-crime-commissioner-election-result/ Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 16 November 2012 16 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131010034049/https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/november/police-and-crime-commissioner-election-result 10 October 2013 dead dmy-all Labour Party (UK) Shaun Wright 74615 74615 51.35 English Democrats David Allen 74615 22608 15.56 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Bonson 74614 21075 14.51 UK Independence Party Jonathan Arnott 74614 16773 11.54 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Teal 74614 10223 7.04 145,294 14.93% 1,000,015 Labour Party (UK) References Category:2014 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Police and crime commissioner by-elections Category:2014 in England Category:2010s in South Yorkshire