Candidates standing for the next Northumbria Area Police and Crime Commissioner announced

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Thursday 7 April 2016 at 4:37pm

The candidates standing for the next Northumbria Area Police and Crime Commissioner have now been announced.

The deadline for nominations closed at 4pm today (April 7).

It is the second time that voters in the Northumbria Police force area have gone to the polls for a commissioner. The first commissioner election was held in November 2012.

This year's candidates are:

Vera Baird, Labour Party
Stewart Thomas Hay, The Conservative Party
Melanie Hurst, UK Independence Party
Jonathan Charles Wallace, Liberal Democrat

Polling Day is Thursday, May 5 and the result will be announced in Sunderland on Friday, May 6.

Anyone who has not registered to vote can do so online.