PCC elections tomorrow

[XCP]

I am a poll clerk at the PCC election in the morning.

Small polling station on the outskirts of a small town in NE Somerset.

No council elections just the PCC. Current incumbent seeking reelection, Conservative.

Anyone care to guess what the turnout will be in percentage terms?

I will reveal the answer on Friday.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Single figures. Maybe 8 percent?

[Mr Penguin]

I'm not in your area but I only know we have the election because the council sent a polling card. No idea who the candidates are or who the incumbent is.

[Steve vRS]

Mr Penguin said:

I'm not in your area but I only know we have the election because the council sent a polling card. No idea who the candidates are or who the incumbent is.

Snap. Or what the policies of the candidates are. So I just voted Lord Buckethead.

[CoolHands]

Do people that turn up without photo ID count as part of the turnout?

[Mr E]

I’d genuinely forgotten PCCs were still a thing.

[Chrisgr31]

Like someone else the only way I know the election is on is due to the polling card. Not one candidate has bothered to send round any policies. I will therefore be spoiling my ballot paper by writing "None of the above" on it

I might stand next time, turnout is probably so low if you just make an effort locally you must have a chance of being elected!

[James6112]

Steve vRS said:

Snap. Or what the policies of the candidates are. So I just voted Lord Buckethead.

Postal vote?
Which local election is Lord Buckethead standing ?

[borcy]

I'll go with 15%.

[Pupp]

I think they’ll be lucky to crack 5%; it is and always was a pointless role, attracting only the self-interested and self-important. And don’t the incumbents always seem to fall from grace very quickly after appointment; it’s almost compulsory they exercise no self-awareness.

I’ll not be troubling the village presiding officer to let me fill in one of his new forms, nor have I cost the nation the price of a stamp.

Waste of time.

[Ian Geary]

I've only done the polling station role once, and that was enough"excitement" for me!

I do the counts however, and will be at London excel centre Friday and Saturday helping look after a gla constituency.

We're just waiting to see how many voters put the ballot paper in the wrong box. There will be three ballot papers and boxes at most London stations, but additional ores if there is also a local election by election that day

[Biker 1]

Same situation in my local parish. I reckon turnout of 10%.
I'll certainly not bother voting - I thought the chief constable was supposed to be the top dog? What does the crime commissioner do apart from sticking a political oar in & draw a decent salary? We sure know how to waste taxpayer ££££ in this country.......

[Alex Z]

Biker 1 said:

Same situation in my local parish. I reckon turnout of 10%.
I'll certainly not bother voting - I thought the chief constable was supposed to be the top dog? What does the crime commissioner do apart from sticking a political oar in & draw a decent salary? We sure know how to waste taxpayer ££££ in this country.......

It’s £78k in my area. Not a bad wage, but hardly a fortune. Although there is a decent sized org underneath them, most of those are going to be transfers from elsewhere so minimal extra costs.

https://www.westmercia-pcc.gov.uk/your-pcc/team-in...

[Murph7355]

Rusty Old-Banger said:

Single figures. Maybe 8 percent?

Good shout.

[Elroy Blue]

Alex Z said:

It’s £78k in my area. Not a bad wage, but hardly a fortune. Although there is a decent sized org underneath them, most of those are going to be transfers from elsewhere so minimal extra costs.

https://www.westmercia-pcc.gov.uk/your-pcc/team-in...

Their deputy, the deputy's deputy, office staff, admin costs a huge amount.
They are also interfering, egotistical buffoons.
The Force you highlighted also has a PCC with a Kim Jong Un complex.
They are a complete waste of money and their only aim is to ensure they get re-elected and stay on the gravy train

[Hoofy]

My postal vote is sitting right here. Waiting to go in recycling. I normally send in postal votes immediately.

Yes, a PCC is probably important. Struggling to care what colour tie they wear. I've not seen any of the manifestos but I suspect they all want to cut crime.

[Mr Penguin]

Hoofy said:

My postal vote is sitting right here. Waiting to go in recycling. I normally send in postal votes immediately.

Yes, a PCC is probably important. Struggling to care what colour tie they wear. I've not seen any of the manifestos but I suspect they all want to cut crime.

"We will cut crime by getting more police" - some variant on that.

The Monster Raving Loony Party might have a pledge to tell people what the job actually entails.

[sugerbear]

£102.2 Million from 2019 up to April 2023. Or about 4000 police officers / community support officers on a wage of 25k.

Utterly pointless.

[eldar]

Mr Penguin said:

I'm not in your area but I only know we have the election because the council sent a polling card. No idea who the candidates are or who the incumbent is.

Same here, nothing from any candidate. None of my neighbours seem to know or care. Only the PCC to vote for, so I suspect single figure turnout.

[Countdown]

sugerbear said:

£102.2 Million from 2019 up to April 2023. Or about 4000 police officers / community support officers on a wage of 25k.

Utterly pointless.

What ^^^^ said.

Yet another layer of bureaucracy that diverts funding from front-line services.