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A by-election was held on 25 November 2021 for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner post after the resignation of Philip Allott following his remarks on the murder of Sarah Everard.[1] The election was won by the Conservative Party candidate Zoë Metcalfe.[2]
Nominations opened on 21 October.[3] The candidates contesting the election were Zoë Metcalfe (Conservative), Emma Scott-Spivey (Labour), James Barker (Liberal Democrats), Keith Tordoff (Independent) and Hannah Barham-Brown (Women's Equality Party).[4][5][6][7]
| 2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner by-election [8][9] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Zoë Metcalfe | 34,385 | 39.5% | 7,375 | 41,760 | 60.8% |
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| Labour | Emma Scott-Spivey | 18,094 | 20.8% | 8,801 | 26,895 | 39.2% |
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| Independent | Keith Tordoff | 14,988 | 17.2% |
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| Liberal Democrats | James Barker | 9,499 | 10.9% |
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| Women's Equality | Hannah Barham-Brown | 8,837 | 10.2% |
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| Turnout | 85,808 | 13.8% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,165 | 0.2% | ||||||
| Total votes | 86,973 | 13.9% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 623,821 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| 2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election [10] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Conservative | Philip Allott | 73,657 | 46.75% | 10,080 | 83,737 | 61.04% |
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| Labour | Alison Hume | 40,803 | 25.89% | 12,639 | 53,442 | 38.96% |
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| Independent | Keith Tordoff | 23,308 | 14.79% |
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| Liberal Democrats | James Barker | 19,773 | 12.57% |
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| Turnout | 157,541 | 25.4% | |||||||
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| Conservative win | |||||||||
