Local and PCC elections 2016
All the results are in for the local and Police and Crime Commissioner 2016 elections across the Midlands. Find out who has been elected in your area.
All the results are in for the local and Police and Crime Commissioner 2016 elections across the Midlands. Find out who has been elected in your area.
The Conservative candidate Stephen Mold has been elected Police & Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire.
He replaces fellow Tory Adam Simmonds who stepped down from the role after one term in office.
Mr Mold took 41% of the vote in the first count with Labour's Kevin McKeever second on 36%.
Once second preference votes from the rejected UKIP candidate Sam Watts were taken into account, Mr Mold won by more than 9,000 votes.
David Cameron has arrived in Peterborough to celebrate his party's victory in the local elections.
Labour strongholds tended to remain so - apart from a major loss for the party in Dudley.
Labour suffered losses in English council elections, but the initial results were not as bad as many had expected.