PCC ELECTION 2021

The election of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021.

This area of our website contains detail of the forthcoming election and information which may be useful to prospective candidates. This page will be updated with relevant information as it becomes available.

A familiarisation session for prospective candidates will be delivered by the Chief Constable, Steve Jupp and Christopher Jackson, Chief Executive of the Office of the PCC. More detail of this event, provisionally set for the morning of March 15 2021, will be available closer to the time. To express an interest in the session please email spcc@suffolk.police.uk.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS

Stephen Baker, the Chief Executive of East Suffolk Council, has once again been appointed as the Suffolk Police Area Returning Officer (PARO) for the PCC election on Thursday, 6 May 2021. He will have overall responsibility for co-ordinating and running the election across the whole of the county, although local Returning Officers at District/Borough level will have responsibility for overseeing arrangements in their areas.

Detail of the election process and the prospective candidates will be available on the PARO website www.suffolkparo.org.uk.

The Local Government Association postponed the virtual event which was due to take place on Tuesday 26 January 2021 entitled Local Elections 2021: Standing for election and campaigning in a COVID-19 context. A new date has not yet been set, details will be published on the LGA website once confirmed.

More information on elections can be found at www.aboutmyvote.co.uk.

Information on voting is available from the Electoral Commission.

For information on who is standing in this area go to choosemypcc.

USEFUL DOCUMENTS FOR CANDIDATES

In the interests of openness and transparency the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) will publish all questions and requests for information made by prospective candidates in anonymised form. The Q&A document will continue to be populated until the date of the election.

Link to Q&A (this will be updated when questions are received)

Guidance for Candidates (PDF, 122KB)

Guidance for Police Officers and Police Staff (PDF, 260KB)

60 Second Briefing (PDF, 260KB).

Constabulary’s PCC Candidate Briefing (PDF, 16MB)

USEFUL LINKS

Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ Election Pack

Collaboration and Partnership working – statutory partners and their responsibilities

Commissioning services for victims

Detail of the Office of the PCC staff (PDF,92KB)

Facts and figures about the PCC and the Office of the PCC

Governance Framework – operational independence and the PCC’s working relationship with the Chief Constable