LIVE: Christopher Salmon elected as first Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner (From Western Telegraph)
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LIVE: Christopher Salmon elected as first Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner
10:16am Friday 16th November 2012 in News
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- The count at Fishguard Leisure Centre began at 9am this morning (Friday).
- Polling stations closed across Pembrokeshire at 10pm last night.
- The two candidates for the post of Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dyfed-Powys Police area are Christine Gwyther, Labour, and Christopher Salmon, Conservative.
12:51pm
Total spoilt ballot papers across Dyfed-Powys: 2912
12:50pm
Congratulations to Dyfed~Powys Police Commissioner @ChrisTRSalmon. Despite my doubts on the role & election process, the very best of luck.
— @WilliamPowellAM 16 November 2012
12:50pm
RT @SCrabbMP: @ChrisTRSalmon becomes first Police Commissioner in Dyfed Powys.. Congrats! Excellent result
— @ArcadianRevelry 16 November 2012
12:48pm
Conservatives take Dyfed Powys - Christopher Salmon beats the Labour candidate. Well done @WelshConserv #PCC
— @RicHolden 16 November 2012
12:47pm
Salmon won Ceredigion to claim victory.
Ceredigion: Salmon 4181, Gwyther 3475.
Final Dyfed-Powys totals: Salmon 32887, Gwyther 31773.
12:44pm
Christopher Salmon will be the first ever Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dyfed-Powys area.
12:39pm
Final Dyfed-Powys result expected shortly...
12:24pm
Salmon takes the lead, with just 408 votes between the candidates.
Ceredigion will decide the outcome of the first Dyfed-Powys Police Commissioner election.
Current totals: Christine Gwyther (Lab) 28,298.
Christopher Salmon (Con) 28, 706.
12:20pm
Powys goes for Salmon: Christine Gwyther 6,147; Christopher Salmon 9,578.
11:46am
Current totals: Christine Gwyther (Lab) 22,151
Christopher Salmon (Con) 19,128
11:42am
Carmarthenshire results put Christine Gwyther (Lab) in the lead.
Christine Gwyther (Lab) 14,412
Christopher Salmon (Con) 9,240
Spolied ballots 781
Turnout 17.36%
11:30am
Returning officer Bryn Parry-Jones announces full Pembrokeshire figures: 18, 091 ballot papers, 465 rejected, leaving 17,627 votes.
Dyfed-Powys results to come.
11:27am
Pembrokeshire results - Christopher Salmon (Con) 9,888
Christine Gwyther (Labour) 7,739
Spoiled ballots 465
11:25am
RT @Pembrokeshire: SALMON has won Pembrokeshire's vote for Dyfed Powys Police & Crime Commissioner #dpelectionpcc #mypcc
— @LDay 16 November 2012
11:10am
From WT reporter Amy Jones: "Pembrokeshire count has finished. Candidates and their agents in a huddle."
10:39am
Powys turnout 15.9% and in Ceredigion 14.8%, bringing the turnout for the whole of Dyfed-Powys to 17.1%.
10:37am
17.1% turnout across dyfed powys
— @aledscourfield 16 November 2012
10:33am
From Western Telegraph reporter Amy Jones: Count underway in Fishguard, official turnout for Pembrokeshire 19.6%.
Carmarthenshire 17.4%
10:24am
RT @Pembrokeshire: Verification has started Across Dyfed Powys for the Police & Crime Commissioner Election #dpelectionpcc #mypcc
— @KatyWoodhouse 16 November 2012
RT @aledscourfield: We are hearing from sources that turnout here in Dyfed Powys could be around 20%. No official word yet
— @HTaylor_KHFC 16 November 2012
Comments(5)
Bushwacker2011
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5:14pm Fri 16 Nov 12
Tina2
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7:54am Sat 17 Nov 12
Bushwacker2011 wrote:Mind you most people I know didn't have any info on what was going on so it's no wonder they didn't vote.
Quite right Tina2!
I had a leaflet from Christine Gwyther but nothing from the other candidate.
Bushwacker2011
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2:05pm Sat 17 Nov 12
Tina2
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4:48pm Sat 17 Nov 12
Bushwacker2011 wrote:We should have met up and swapped leaflets :)
It was the other way round with me, I only had information from the Tory candidate.
Tina2 says...
2:02pm Fri 16 Nov 12