Luton Borough Council

Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections 2012

Election	PCC
Date of Poll	5 November 2012
No. of Vacancies	1
Constituency	Bedfordshire

Turnout

Electorate	462,826
Verification Figure	84,170
Percentage Turnout	18.19%

Results

Name	Description	Votes
Kevin Joseph Carroll	The British Freedom Party	8,675
Linda Jack	Liberal Democrat	11,205
Olly Martins	The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate	27,947
Jas Parmar	Conservative and Unionist Party	26,226
Mezanur Rashid	Independent	8,076

In the second round Olly Martins secured 8,011 votes second preference votes for a total of35,958.
Jas Parmar secured 5,874 second preference votes for a total of 32,100.

First preference votes cast in Central Beds were as follows:

Name	Description	Votes
Kevin Carroll	The British Freedom Party	3,856
Linda Jack	Liberal Democrat	4,351
Olly Martins	The Labour and Cooperative Candidate	8,407
Jas Palmer	Conservative and Unionist Party	13,198
Mezanur Rashid	Independent	1,494

The total number of valid votes cast in Central Beds was 32,210, turn out 16.08% with 724 ballot papers rejected.

First preference votes cast in Bedford were as follows:

Name	Description	Votes
Kevin Carroll	The British Freedom Party	1,646
Linda Jack	Liberal Democrat	4,280
Olly Martins	The Labour and Cooperative Candidate	7,142
Jas Palmer	Conservative and Unionist Party	8,552
Mezanur Rashid	Independent	1,285

The total number of votes cast in Bedford was 23,462, turn out 19.33% with 557 ballot papers rejected.

First preference votes cast in Luton were as follows:

Name	Description	Votes
Kevin Carroll	The British Freedom Party	3,173
Linda Jack	Liberal Democrat	2,394
Olly Martins	The Labour and Cooperative Candidate	12,398
Jas Palmer	Conservative and Unionist Party	4,476
Mezanur Rashid	Independent	5,297

The total number of valid votes cast in Luton was 28,497, turn out 20.20% with 760 ballot papers rejected.

In the second round, Olly Martins received 3,332 votes in Luton, 2,137 votes in Bedford and 2,542 votes in Central Bedfordshire.

Jas Parmer received 1,629 second round votes in Luton, 1,696 votes in Bedford and 2,549 votes in Central Bedfordshire.