Police and Crime Commissioners
On Thursday 15 November 2012 the people of Lincolnshire voted for the first time to elect Police and Crime Commissioners to oversee efficient and effective policing. Two commissioners were elected within Lincolnshire, one to cover the Lincolnshire Police Force Area whilst voters in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire will elect a commissioner within the Humberside Police Force Area. As was the case in other parts of the country the elections were marked by exetemely low turnouts. In the Lincolnshire Police Force Area the turnout was just 15.35% whilst the Humberside Police Force Area only faired slightly better at 19.15%. In Lincoln only just over 9,000 votes were cast for the whole of the city whilst other areas of the county reported turnouts ranging bewteen 10 and 18 percent.
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