PCC elections 2024: After the blue wave, it’s the red tide – but voter apathy is still a worry

7th May 2024Ian Wiggett - Policing Insight 1 Comment

With the major media focus and political campaigning around the local council and mayoral elections last week, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections which were running in tandem slipped past largely unnoticed outside policing circles; Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett looks at the significant ‘red tide’ that replaced 2021’s ‘blue wave’, as well as the challenges facing the new office holders, and the concerns over low voter turnout.

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PCC elections 2024: After the blue wave, it’s the red tide – but voter apathy is still a worry

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