Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election 2016

Last Updated: 21 November 2023

Peter McCall has been elected as the new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Cumbria.

Voters went to the polls on 5 May but the counts for the election took place on Friday, 6 May.

Verification figures (total number of votes cast by Cumbria authority area)

Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election verification figures
Cumbria authority area Number of ballot papers issued (as given on the ballot paper account) in polling Number of ballot papers in polling station ballot box Variance (polling stations) Number of postal ballot papers in post ballot boxes (as given on ballot paper account) Number of postal ballot papers in post ballot boxes Variance (postal ballot papers) Total ballot papers expected Total in all boxes (verification number) Electorate Turnout
Allerdale 7,488 7,488 0 7,057 7,057 0 14,545 14,545 72,818 19.97%
Barrow 5,803 5,802 -1 1,900 1,900 0 7,703 7,702 52,602 14.64%
Carlisle 17,434 17,421 -13 9,135 9,135 0 26,569 26,556 79,142 33.55%
Copeland 4,587 4,857 0 4,572 4,572 0 9,429 9,429 53,407 17.65%
Eden 6,553 6,553 0 3,127 3,127 0 9,680 9,680 41,635 23.25%
South Lakeland 18,378 18,361 -17 11,168 11,167 -1 29,546 29,528 80,839 36.53%
TOTAL 60,513 60,482 -31 36,959 36,958 -1 97,472 97,440 380,443 25.61%

Overall turnout (verified total divided by total electorate): 25.61%

First round vote

First round vote result 

Turnout: 25.61% Total number of verified ballot papers: 97,441

Total number of valid first preference votes cast for each candidate
Candidate Party Votes
BIRCHALL, Loraine Liberal Democrats 16,053
McCALL, Peter Josephy The Conservative Party 32,569
PYE, Michael UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9,370
ROBINSON, Mary Independent 13,831
WATSON, Reg Labour Party 22,768

First round number of ballot papers rejected

Number of ballot papers rejected at the first count and the reason the ballot papers were rejected
Reason the ballot paper was rejected Number of ballot papers rejected
Want of an official mark 0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote 887
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 51
Unmarked as to the first preference vote 1,208
Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote 704
Total rejected ballot papers at the first count 2,850

As no candidate received more than 50% of the valid first preference votes, the second preference votes were counted for the candidates who were not eliminated from the contest. 

The remaining candidates were McCALL, Peter Joseph (Conservative Party) and WATSON, Reg (Labour Party).

First round vote analysis

Analysis for the first round vote in the Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election 2016
Voting area BIRCHALL, Loraine McCALL, Peter Joseph PYE, Michael ROBINSON, Mary WATSON, Reg Total valid first preferences Want of an official mark Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote Writing or mark by which the voter  could be identified Unmarked as  to the first preference vote Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote Total rejected Total counted (Total valid and total rejected) Verification Variance
Allerdale 968 4,636 1,664 2,809 4,129 14,206 0 176 2 68 93 339 14,545 14,545 0
Barrow 583 2,482 1,085 509 2,880 7,539 0 107 0 34 23 164 7,703 7,702 1
Carlisle 1,647 8,834 2,948 3,731 8,364 25,524 0 209 2 593 228 1,032 26,556 26,556 0
Copeland 570 2,980 1,213 1,346 3,146 9,255 0 96 0 67 11 174 9,429 9,429 0
Eden 832 4,260 683 2,537 1,149 9,461 0 29 46 32 112 219 9,680 9,680 0
South Lakeland 11,453 9,377 1,777 2,899 3,100 28,606 0 270 1 414 237 922 29,528 29,528 0
Total 16,053 32,569 9,370 13,831 22,768 94,591 0 887 51 1,208 704 2,850 97,441 97,440 1

Percentage of valid first preferences

BIRCHALL, Lorraine: 16.97%

McCALL, Peter Joseph: 34.43%

PYE, Michael: 9.91%

ROBINSON, Mary: 14.62%

WATSON, Reg: 24.07%

Second round vote

Second round vote result

The total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates
Candidates Party Second preference votes
McCALL, Peter Joseph The Conservative Party 8,776
WATSON, Reg Labour Party 7,669

The total number of valid first and second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows:

Total number of valid first and second votes cast for each of the remaining candidates
Candidate First preferences Second preferences Total
McCALL, Peter Joseph 32,569 8,776 41,346
WATSON, Reg 22,768 7,669 30,437

Majority: 10,908

McCALL, Peter Joseph was duly elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Cumbria police area.

Second round number of ballot papers rejected

Number of ballot papers rejected at the second count and the reasons for which the ballot papers were rejected
Reason the ballot paper was rejected Number of ballot papers rejected
Want of an official mark 0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote 220
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 2
Unmarked as to the second preference vote 4,611
Void for uncertainty 650
Total rejected ballot papers at second count 5,483

Second round vote analysis

Analysis of the second round vote in the 2016 Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election
Voting area McCALL, Peter Joseph WATSON, Reg Other Total counted and not rejected Want of an official mark Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified Unmarked as to the second preference vote Void for uncertainty Total rejected Total counted and total rejected Total expected Variance
Allerdale 1,133 1,132 2,504 4,769 0 3 0 668 1 672 5,441 5,441 0
Barrow 412 468 1,062 1,942 0 2 0 233 0 235 2,177 2,177 0
Carlisle 1,880 1,741 3,523 7,144 0 0 0 1,182 0 1,182 8,326 8,326 0
Copeland 649 658 1,544 2,851 0 3 0 275 0 278 3,129 3,129 0
Eden 1,028 651 1,721 3,400 0 10 0 180 470 660 4,060 4,052 8
South Lakeland 3,674 3,019 6,980 13,673 0 202 2 2,073 179 2,456 16,129 16,129 0
Total 8,776 7,669 17,334 33,779 0 220 2 4,611 650 5,483 39,262 39,254 8

Total number of ballot papers: 39,262