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Conservative Rupert Matthews wins the PCC vote in Leicestershire and Rutland by...860 votes leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester…

Nail on the head as usual from Oliver Pridmore here. nottinghampost.com/news/news-opin…

BREAKING: Caroline Henry, who refused to resign as Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner despite five speeding offences, has now lost her job at the ballot box.

Labour’s Gary Godden now holds the role. Full results below.

The faces of victory and defeat. Pics by Joseph Zieliński

BREAKING: Claire Ward has won the East Midlands Mayor election by a strong majority.

Claire will now serve Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for the next four years. Full result below and more updates to follow on NottinghamshireLive.

East Midlands Mayor:
Victory for the Conservative's Ben Bradley over Labour's Claire Ward by just 74 votes in the Derbyshire Dales

His first victory so far across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire? Happy to be corrected.

Green Party in third again

Just a reminder of where to find the most comprehensive coverage of the East Midlands Mayoral election - results imminent.
Colour, reaction, photos...all in here from Nottingham and Derby thanks to zena hawley Oliver Pridmore Joseph Zieliński nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

It's a Labour victory for East Midlands Mayor for Claire Ward in Amber Valley

A notable trend of Greens in third place again

Labour - 9,799
Conservatives - 8,866
Greens - 4,143
Reform UK - 4,122
Indy - 1,300
LD - 694

High Peak result sees a further victory for Labour's Claire Ward, by approaching double the vote share of Conservative Ben Bradley

Labour - 10,155
Conservatives - 5,577
Greens - 3,027
Reform UK - 1,916
Indy - 637
LD - 601

NEW from Oliver Pridmore at EM Mayor count - Vernon Coaker predicting a 'stable victory' for Labour's Claire Ward for East Midlands Mayor

Counting is about to get underway in Derby for the East Midlands Mayor. Looks like we will hear this result first, then the overall winner will be announced in Nottingham later. nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

We're live and ready to go with East Midlands Mayoral elections as they come in + Notts PCC + Derbyshire PCC.
Oliver Pridmore and zena hawley are in place in each city. nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

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Marc Jones has been re-elected as Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner for a third term. He was first elected to the role in 2016.

Marc Jones: 39,639
Mike Horder: 31,931
Peter Escreet: 15,518
Lesley Rollings: 13,380
David Dickason: 7,739

Our election results blog is up and running for City of Lincoln Council and the PCC for Lincolnshire results. Count starts after polls close at 10pm tonight. Results expected around 6am tomorrow and Joe Griffin will be there to see the action unfold! lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-new…

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