Clive Grunshaw wins PCC Election

Labour party candidate Clive Grunshaw has won the first election to become Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner. The ballot was conducted using the AV system and in the first round the results were as follows:

Clive Grunshaw (Lab) - 66,017 (39.3%)
Tim Ashton (Con) - 58,428 (34.8%)
Rob Drobny (UKIP) - 25,228 (15%)
Afzal Anwar (Lib Dem) - 18,396 (11%)

For a clear win candidates needed to have 50.1% of the total vote so the count went to a second round using people's second preferences to determine the outcome:

Clive Grunshaw (Lab) - 79,790 (52.1%)
Tim Ashton (Con) - 73,262 (47.9%)