West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Mark Burns-Williamson since November 2012
Police and crime commissioner of West Yorkshire Police
Reports to	West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of West Yorkshire
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	West Yorkshire Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Mark Burns-Williamson
Formation	November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£85,000

The West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by West Yorkshire Police in the English County of West Yorkshire. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the West Yorkshire Police Authority. The current incumbent is Mark Burns-Williamson, who represents the Labour Party.

Police and crime commissioners of England and Wales

Avon and Somerset: Sue Mountstevens (Ind)
Bedfordshire: Kathryn Holloway (Con)
Cambridgeshire: Jason Ablewhite (Con)
Cheshire: David Keane (Lab)
Cleveland: Barry Coppinger (Lab)
Cumbria: Peter McCall (Con)
Derbyshire: Hardyal Dhindsa (Lab)
Devon and Cornwall: Alison Hernandez (Con)
Dorset: Martyn Underhill (Ind)
Durham: Ron Hogg (Lab)
Dyfed-Powys: Dafydd Llywelyn (Plaid)
Essex: Roger Hirst (Con)
Gloucestershire: Martin Surl (Ind)
Greater Manchester: Tony Lloyd (Lab)
Gwent: Jeff Cuthbert (Lab)
Hampshire: Michael Lane (Con)
Hertfordshire: David Lloyd (Con)
Humberside: Keith Hunter (Lab)
Kent: Matthew Scott (Con)
Lancashire: Clive Grunshaw (Lab)
Leicestershire: The Lord Bach (Lab)
Lincolnshire: Marc Jones (Con)
Merseyside: Jane Kennedy (Lab)
Norfolk: Lorne Green (Con)
Northamptonshire: Stephen Mold (Con)
Northumbria: Vera Baird (Lab)
North Wales: Arfon Jones (Plaid)
North Yorkshire: Julia Mulligan (Con)
Nottinghamshire: Paddy Tipping (Lab)
South Wales: Alun Michael (Lab)
South Yorkshire: Alan Billings (Lab)
Staffordshire: Matthew Ellis (Con)
Suffolk: Tim Passmore (Con)
Surrey: David Munro (Con)
Sussex: Katy Bourne (Con)
Thames Valley: Anthony Stansfeld (Con)
Warwickshire: Philip Seccombe (Con)
West Mercia: John Campion (Con)
West Midlands: David Jamieson (Lab)
West Yorkshire: Mark Burns-Williamson (Lab)
Wiltshire: Angus Macpherson (Con)

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