Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner Election 2021

Dorset goes to the polls on the 6 May to vote for a new police and crime commissioner.

Police and crime commissioners (PCC) are elected by the public to ensure the policing needs of communities are met as effectively as possible and to oversee how crime is tackled in your police force area.

PCCs are elected by you and aim to cut crime and hold the force to account on behalf of the public. PCCs bring a public voice to policing, and they do this by:

• engaging with the public and victims of crime to help set the policing

priorities for the area and consulting on their Police and Crime plans;

• ensuring the police force budget is spent where it matters most; and

• appointing the Chief Constable, holding them to account for delivery

of their objectives and if necessary, dismissing them.

Here is a list of all the candidates standing in Dorset:

Patrick Canavan: Labour and Co-operative Party

Dan Hardy: Independent

Mark Andrew Robson: Liberal Democrats

Claire Seymour: Green Party

David Sidwick: The Conservative Party

You can find out more about each candidate here.

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