Police and Crime Commissioner Election 2021

On Thursday 6 May 2021, the election for the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Bedfordshire was held.

Elected as Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner: Festus Akinbusoye, Conservative.

First round results

Name

Description

Votes

Festus Akinbusoye

Conservative

51,700

Patrick Hamill

Independent

8,279

David Michael

Labour

42,708

Jas Parmar

Liberal Democrat

15,983

Antonio Daniel Vitiello

English Democrats

3,387

In the second round Mr Akinbuyose secured 8,093 second preference votes for a total of 59,793.

Mr Michael secured 8,107 second preference votes for a total of 50,815.

The overall turnout was 24.9 per cent.

The total number of votes cast in Bedfordshire was 123,777​

Official certificate of results for the second count (PDF)

Find out more about the roles and responsibilities of the Police and Crime Commissioner.