Results of the Police and Crime Commissioner election for the Dorset Police area on 2 May 2024

An election for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dorset Police area took place on Thursday 2 May 2024. 

The overall combined result and totals (for the Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council voting areas) are shown below, followed by the Dorset Council voting area result and totals.

Overall combined result (for the Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council voting areas)

The total number of votes given for each of the candidates are as follows (if elected, the word "ELECTED" appear against the number of votes:):

Overall combined result for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dorset Police area election
Candidate Description (if any) Number of votes
LEGG Howard Richard Liberal Democrats 34774
SIDWICK David John Conservative Candidate –
More Police, Safer Streets
57994 ELECTED
STOKES David Labour and Co-operative 
Party
26884
STOREY Marianne Independent 32237

In both the Dorset Council and Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council voting areas there were:

  • 154,436 ballot papers
  • 594,942 electorate
  • 2,550 rejected ballot papers
  • a turnout of 25.96%

The ballot papers were rejected for the following reasons:

Details of rejected ballot papers

Number of ballot papers Reason
0 ballot papers were rejected because they did not bear the official mark
254 ballot papers were rejected because there was more than one vote given
13 ballot papers were rejected because there was something written or marked on the ballot paper by which the voter could be identified
1270 ballot papers were rejected because they were unmarked
1013 ballot papers were rejected because they were void for uncertainty

Dorset Council voting area result

In the Dorset Council voting area:

  • the total number of ballot papers verified was 98534
  • the total number of rejected ballot papers was 2131
  • the total number of valid votes was 96404

The total number of valid votes cast for each of the candidates is as follows:

Dorset Council voting area result for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dorset Police area election
Candidate Description (if any) Number of votes
LEGG Howard Richard Liberal Democrats 28020
SIDWICK David John Conservative Candidate –
More Police, Safer Streets
37212
STOKES David Labour and Co-operative 
Party
12559
STOREY Marianne Independent 18613