Police and Crime Commissioner: 2012-present
On 18 June 2012, Michael was chosen as the Labour Party candidate for the inaugural England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections, 2012 for South Wales.
On 13 July 2012 the Western Mail reported that Michael had been "interfering inappropriately" in the selection process for his replacement in Cardiff South and Penarth, to ensure his preferred candidate (Stephen Doughty) was included on the shortlist. Michael responded that he did speak to Ed Miliband, to the party’s general secretary Iain McNicol and members of the National Executive Committee, with the purpose to stop a candidate from outside being imposed on the local party.
Having stood down as an MP, Alun Michael was declared the winner of the first-ever election for Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales on November 16th 2012 (the election having taken place the previous day). The PCC elections used the supplementary vote system. In the first round Michael failed to gain an outright majority against two independents and a Conservative candidate. In the second-round however Michael garnered 72,751 votes beating the runner-up, Independent candidate and former lawyer Michael Barker, by 11,967 votes.
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