Elections 2021: Tory David Lloyd wins Hertfordshire PCC election

David Lloyd has been Hertfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012

Conservative David Lloyd has retained the position of Hertfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).

Mr Lloyd won after voters' second choices were included when no candidate polled more than 50%.

In the first count, he led the contest with 48.5% of first votes and secured more than 50% when the second choices were added.

Sam North, the Liberal Democrats candidate, had 27.3% in the first count and finished second.

Turnout was just under 37%.

Analysis: Andy Holmes, BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

Conservative David Lloyd becomes one of the first to be elected for a third term as Police and Crime Commissioner after winning in Hertfordshire.

Mr Lloyd has been in the role since it was introduced in 2012, but Lib Dem candidate Sam North took him to a second round, as no-one achieved the goal of 50% in the first round.

Mr North's second-place finish is another decent result for his party, which won back St Albans City & District Council over the weekend and made gains in the Hertfordshire County Council election too, including ousting Tory council leader David Williams.

The candidate eliminated after the first round was Labour's Philip Ross, who was in third place with 24% of the first-preference votes.

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People who voted for the eliminated candidate as first choice saw their second choices brought into play.

Under the supplementary vote system, second choice votes are only used if they are for the remaining two lead candidates.

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