Labour candidate ousts Conservative to become new Crime Commissioner

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The Labour Party candidate has been elected as the new Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire ousting Conservative John Dwyer.

David Keane will formally take up his role on Thursday, 12th May, having defeated the first Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, Conservative candidate John Dwyer, after the Lib Dem and UKIP candidates were elimated after the first round.

David Keane said: "I am honoured to have been chosen by the people of Cheshire to be the next Police & Crime Commissioner.

"I was elected on three clear pledges I made to the Cheshire people – to deliver real neighbourhood policing; to back our police officers and get them back on the streets fighting crime and keeping us safe; and to focus on the delivery of your priorities to deliver a police service you can be proud of."

Mr Keane added: "I look forward to working with the chief constable to deliver for the people of Cheshire to make it one of the safest areas to live in the country."

Chief Constable Simon Byrne said: "I'd like to congratulate David Keane on his election to the post of Police and Crime Commissioner.

"I look forward to getting to know Mr. Keane, and working with him to deliver his Police and Crime Plan and maintaining the momentum of preventing crime and keeping criminals on the back foot."

The overall turnout in Cheshire for the election on Thursday, 5th May, was 23%, with 21% of the electorate voting in Cheshire East compared with 32% in Warrington, 26% in Halton and 20% in Cheshire West and Chester.

David Keane (Labour Party) received 72,497 votes as a first preference, compared with 69,322 for John Dwyer (Conservative Party), 21,991 for Jonathan Charles Starkey (UK Independence Party) and 18,530 for Neil Christopher Lewis (Liberal Democrats).

For the second preferences David Keane received 12,104 votes taking his total to 84,601, compared with John Dwyer who received 12,330 votes as a second preference taking his total votes to 81,652.

Photo: (l-r) Chief Constable Simon Byrne and Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner David Keane.

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Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner, David Keane, John Dwyer
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