Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
# Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

The Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Essex Police in the English County of Essex. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Essex Police Authority. The incumbent is Roger Hirst, who represents the Conservative Party.

## List of Essex police and crime commissioners

| Name | Political party | Dates in office |
| - | - | - |
| Nick Alston | Conservative Party | 22 November 2012 to 11 May 2016 |
| Roger Hirst | Conservative Party | 12 May 2016 to present |

There has so far been three elections. The election scheduled for 2020 were postponed along with all other local elections until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the elections were as follows.

Essex Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| | Conservative | Roger Hirst | 235,346 | 54.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Vince | 80,832 | 22.9% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Whitehouse | 58,131 | 13.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 42,831 | 9.8% | | | | ​​ |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 436,020 | | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

Essex Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| | Conservative | Roger Hirst | 110,858 | 33.5% | 25,090 | 135,948 | 56.7% | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Bob Spink | 80,832 | 24.4% | 22,960 | 103,792 | 43.3% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Chris Vince | 65,325 | 19.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief | Martin Terry | 43,128 | 13.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin McNamara | 30,804 | 9.3% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 330,947 | 26.1% | | | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10,744 | 3.1% | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 341,691 | | | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,311,091 | | | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | First round votes Transfer votes |
| | Conservative | Nick Alston | 51,325 | 30.5% | 11,025 | 62,350 | 51.5% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Mick Thwaites | 40,132 | 23.9% | 18,532 | 58,664 | 48.5% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Val Morris-Cook | 27,926 | 16.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Linda Belgrove | 22,163 | 13.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Andrew Smith | 15,138 | 9.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 11,550 | 6.9% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,234 | 12.8% | | | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,452 | 2.0% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 171,686 | 13.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,313,745 | | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
