The North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner is the
police and crime commissioner, an elected official responsible for overseeing how crime and community safety are tackled, and for providing services for victims of crime, holding
North Yorkshire Police
North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 ...
to account in the English County of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four co ...
.
The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the North Yorkshire Police Authority.
On 15 November 2018, Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan became the North Yorkshire police, fire & crime commissioner, taking over the governance of
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Commissioner
Philip Allott of the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
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was elected on 13 May 2021 and replaced
Julia Mulligan.
He resigned on 15 October 2021 following comments surrounding the
murder of Sarah Everard
On the evening of 3 March 2021, 33-year-old Sarah Everard was kidnapped in South London, England, as she was walking home to the Brixton Hill area from a friend's house near Clapham Common. She was stopped by off-duty Metropolitan Police offic ...
.
The incumbent commissioner is
Zoë Metcalfe of the Conservative Party, who was elected in the
25 November 2021 by-election.
List of office holders
Elections
As the North Yorkshire Authority contest involved only two candidates, a traditional 'first-past-the-post' system was implemented. In all the police crime commissioners' elections in 2012, North Yorkshire had the highest percentage (7.2%) of spoiled or rejected ballots.
Region totals for eliminated candidates were not available and at time of retrieval, only some of the electoral authorities had results from 2016 available online.
References
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{{Current Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales
Police and crime commissioners in England