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| PCC candidates spent £2.1m on election campaigns | PCC candidates spent £2.1m on election campaigns |
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| Candidates in last November's first ever police and crime commissioner elections spent a total of £2.1m trying to get elected in the four weeks before the polls, an average of £11,220 each, the Electoral Commission has reported. | Candidates in last November's first ever police and crime commissioner elections spent a total of £2.1m trying to get elected in the four weeks before the polls, an average of £11,220 each, the Electoral Commission has reported. |
| The candidates included a Conservative who spent £98,751 failing to get elected and an independent who officially spent nothing but managed to come out top. | The candidates included a Conservative who spent £98,751 failing to get elected and an independent who officially spent nothing but managed to come out top. |
| The spending returns filed by the 191 candidates who stood in the elections also show that the financial commitment of the Liberal Democrats to these elections was less than wholehearted. | The spending returns filed by the 191 candidates who stood in the elections also show that the financial commitment of the Liberal Democrats to these elections was less than wholehearted. |
| They were published as one leading commissioner, Bob Jones, the West Midlands PCC, called for the job to be scrapped, saying he had yet to see any evidence they were an improvement on the previous police authorities. | They were published as one leading commissioner, Bob Jones, the West Midlands PCC, called for the job to be scrapped, saying he had yet to see any evidence they were an improvement on the previous police authorities. |
| Lib Dem candidates spent only £110,388 compared to the £898,545 spent by Conservative hopefuls and the £527,175 spent by Labour. Indeed the level of funding for Lib Dem candidates was barely a fifth of the £486,899 spent in total by independent candidates. | Lib Dem candidates spent only £110,388 compared to the £898,545 spent by Conservative hopefuls and the £527,175 spent by Labour. Indeed the level of funding for Lib Dem candidates was barely a fifth of the £486,899 spent in total by independent candidates. |
| The Electoral Commission said three candidates had spent more than £50,000 each on their campaigns. The highest spender, the Tories' Craig MacKinlay in Kent, spent £98,751 and yet was defeated by the second highest spender, the independent Ann Barnes, who was formerly chairman of the Kent police authority and secured her election after a campaign costing £64,676. | The Electoral Commission said three candidates had spent more than £50,000 each on their campaigns. The highest spender, the Tories' Craig MacKinlay in Kent, spent £98,751 and yet was defeated by the second highest spender, the independent Ann Barnes, who was formerly chairman of the Kent police authority and secured her election after a campaign costing £64,676. |
| The third highest spender also failed to get elected. The Conservatives' Ken Maddock spent £58,923 in Avon and Somerset but was defeated by Sue Mountstevens, a former magistrate who stood as an independent, whose campaign cost only £11,503. | The third highest spender also failed to get elected. The Conservatives' Ken Maddock spent £58,923 in Avon and Somerset but was defeated by Sue Mountstevens, a former magistrate who stood as an independent, whose campaign cost only £11,503. |
| Alan Hardwick in Lincolnshire pulled off the unusual feat of managing to get elected without, according to his official return, spending a single penny on his campaign. Perhaps the fact that he had been a well-known local television and radio journalist contributed to his success. | Alan Hardwick in Lincolnshire pulled off the unusual feat of managing to get elected without, according to his official return, spending a single penny on his campaign. Perhaps the fact that he had been a well-known local television and radio journalist contributed to his success. |
| The Electoral Commission said that as with most elections, most of the money – in this case 62% or £1.3m – was spent on "unsolicited materials" such as leaflets. A further 18% of the cash was spent on advertising. | The Electoral Commission said that as with most elections, most of the money – in this case 62% or £1.3m – was spent on "unsolicited materials" such as leaflets. A further 18% of the cash was spent on advertising. |
| The commission said candidates had reported a total of £1.7m in donations over £50 towards their campaign spending: "This suggests that just over a fifth of all campaign spending was either funded by donations under £50, candidates' own money or loans." | The commission said candidates had reported a total of £1.7m in donations over £50 towards their campaign spending: "This suggests that just over a fifth of all campaign spending was either funded by donations under £50, candidates' own money or loans." |
| The elections recorded one of the lowest peacetime turnouts in British political history with only 15.1% of voters in England and Wales taking part in the 41 police force areas where the polls were held. | The elections recorded one of the lowest peacetime turnouts in British political history with only 15.1% of voters in England and Wales taking part in the 41 police force areas where the polls were held. |
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