West Midlands results

  • Bob Jones (Lab) 117,388
  • Matt Bennett (Con) 55,685. 

Bob Jones (Lab) is confirmed as the new West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.

Coventry area - second preference count totals

Coventry Bob Jones (Lab) has received 1,367 second preference votes and Matt Bennett (Cons) has received 1,020 second preference votes.

Coventry area - first preference count totals 

The total number of Ballot Papers verified is: 24778

The total number of valid first preference votes cast for each of the Candidates is as follows:

First Count totals
Name Party Valid first preference votes cast
Name: Matt Bennett Party: The Conservative Party Candidate Valid first preference votes cast: 3997
Name: Bill Etheridge Party: UK Independence Party (UK I P) Valid first preference votes cast: 1701
Name: Cath Hannon Party: Independent Valid first preference votes cast: 3613
Name: Bob Jones Party: Labour Party Candidate Valid first preference votes cast: 11100
Name: Ayoub Khan Party: Liberal Democrats Valid first preference votes cast: 783
Name: Mike Rumble Party: Independent Valid first preference votes cast: 1401
Name: Derek Anthony Webley Party: Independent Valid first preference votes cast: 1301

Total number of valid first preference votes is: 23896.

Total number of rejected ballot papers is: 884.

Rejected votes

  • Want of official mark: 0
  • Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote: 374
  • Writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 5 
  • Unmarked as to the first preference vote: 138
  • Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote: 367

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