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Reaction To Donna Jones Police And Crime Commissioner Re-Election

Donna Jones has been re-elected as the police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

The former Portsmouth City Council leader was first elected in 2021, taking over from fellow Conservative Michael Lane.

Labour weren’t able to take the role from the Tories, despite doing so in Cumbria and Avon and Somerset.

Conservative Donna Jones admitted securing a second term as police and crime commissioner was “even more victorious” given the difficult set of election results for her party across the county.

Labour claimed nine PCCs from the Tories across England, while the party in government also lost hundreds of council seats after residents went to the polls on Thursday, May 2.

Ms Jones bucked these trends as she stormed to a significant majority over second-placed candidate Becky Williams (Labour) in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight contest.

The former leader of Portsmouth City Council received 175,953 votes, with her nearest competitor gaining 106,141 votes.

Speaking after the declaration at Southampton Civic Centre on Friday, May 3, Ms Jones said:

“I just want to say a huge thank you to the people of Hampshire and Isle of Wight for putting their trust and confidence in me.

“I’m the first police and crime commission in the police force area to be re-elected for a second term.

“I’ve got almost a 20 per cent majority here in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – the fifth largest police force in the country, representing two million people and hundreds of thousands of businesses.

"That’s very humbling. It is a big job. There is a lot of work still to be done and the work for me starts tomorrow.”



Liberal Democrat Prad Bains polled third with 92,843 votes, while Don Jerrard (The Justice and Anti-Corruption Party) received 40,961 votes.

The overall turnout for the election was 28.38 per cent.

There were 415,628 valid votes, with 6,337 rejected ballots.

Full results:
Donna Jones (Con) 175,953
Becky Williams (Lab) 106,141
Prad Bains (Lib Dem) 92,843
Don Jerrard (TJ&ACP) 40,691

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