Elections

Residents will go to the polls to vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset on Thursday, November 15, 2012.

Who can stand for election?

Candidates must:

be a British, Commonwealth or EU citizen
be 18 years of age or over
be resident in Avon and Somerset

Restrictions on candidacy include a conviction for an imprisonable offence, and being a serving civil servant, judge, police officer, member of police staff or member of a police authority or member of the regular armed forces.

Staff and Officers of Avon and Somerset Authority and Constabulary have been issued with election guidance

Further details about the election process and how to stand will be posted in due course.

If you have any enquiries regarding standing as a PCC you should contact the Home Office.

Read the Home Office booklet for candidates - 'Have you got what it takes?'