Immigration and low turnout seals Labour election victory in Leicestershire

By Leicestershire Correspondent

 

Labour’s Willy Bach won the Police and Crime Commissioner election in Leicestershire by nearly 20,000 votes.This was made possible due to large majority of over 30,000 in the Leicester City Council area. Bach, ultimately secured 78,188 votes to Conservative candidate Neil Bannister’s 58,305. Turnout was low with just 20.25 per cent of voters casting a ballot. In the 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner Election the Conservatives won first preference votes by 48%-34% and won the seat.

 

Results by local authority area for the Police and Crime Commissioner role:

 

 

Blaby

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 3,763 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 4,943 votes

HILL, Sarah – 1,433 votes

SPRASON, David – 1,889 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 837 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 1,075 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 4,600 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 6,018 votes

 

Turnout: 16.74%

 

 

Charnwood

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 8,808 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 9,006 votes

HILL, Sarah – 2,266 votes

SPRASON, David – 3,104 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 1,505 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 1,686 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 10,313 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 10,692 votes

 

Turnout: 17.72%

 

 

Harborough

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 3,557 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 6,787 votes

HILL, Sarah – 3,413 votes

SPRASON, David – 1,678 votes

 

 

Turnout: 24.30%

 

 

 

Hinckley and Bosworth

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 3,570 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 4,862 votes

HILL, Sarah – 3,517 votes

SPRASON, David – 2,678 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 1,484 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 1,877 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 5,054 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 6,739 votes

 

Turnout: 17.69%

 

 

 

Leicester City

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 38,867 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 8,833 votes

HILL, Sarah – 3,301 votes

SPRASON, David – 3,819 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 2,366 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 1,699 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 41,233 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 10,532 votes

 

Turnout: 24.42%

 

 

 

Melton

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 1,614 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 3,082 votes

HILL, Sarah – 928 votes

SPRASON, David – 1,059 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 488

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 631

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 2,102

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 3,713

 

Turnout: 17.98%

 

 

North West Leicestershire

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 4,220 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 4,138 votes

HILL, Sarah – 1,246 votes

SPRASON, David – 1,895 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 866 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 978 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 5,086 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 5,116 votes

 

Turnout: 16.04%

 

 

 

Oadby and Wigston

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 2,477 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 2,679 votes

HILL, Sarah – 2,375 votes

SPRASON, David – 1,010 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 930 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 1,068 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 3,407 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 3,747 votes

 

Turnout: 20.62%

 

 

Rutland

 

Result of first preference vote count:

 

BACH Willy – 1,115 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 2,628 votes

HILL, Sarah – 880 votes

SPRASON, David – 683 votes

 

Result of second preference vote count (for Willy Bach and Neil Bannister only):

 

BACH, Willy – 445 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 571 votes

 

Total first preference and second preference votes:

 

BACH, Willy – 1,560 votes

BANNISTER, Neil Durban – 3,199 votes

 

Turnout: 19.03%