Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner election 2021: Who is standing?

People in Lincolnshire will vote for the region's Police and Crime Commissioner on 6 May.

The election was originally meant to take place in May 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic.

Votes in this year's election will be counted on 8 May and the winning candidate announced shortly afterwards.

These are the candidates who have said they intend to stand for the Police and Crime Commissioner role in 2021 (listed alphabetically):

Peter Escreet, Reform Party

Mr Escreet said he wanted to "drive positive change in Lincolnshire policing" and that the PCC role "should not involve party politics".

He said he wanted to make the commissioner and the force "accountable for their actions".

Mr Escreet said he aimed to "identify efficiencies to be made and drive improvements in the role of the PCC and the policing of Lincolnshire".

Marc Jones, Conservatives

Conservative Marc Jones is the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire, and is the former Deputy Leader of Lincoln Council.

Mr Jones said that since he was elected in 2016 he had made the force "a financially stable service" and increased the number of police recruits.

He said his priorities included the "creation of a violence and harm reduction unit" and a new rural crime enforcement team and roads crime policing unit.

Rosie Kirk, Labour

City of Lincoln councillor Rosie Kirk said, if elected, she would cut the PCC salary from £65,000 to £40,000, investing the remaining £25,000 in front line policing.

She would also abolish the Deputy PCC role and wants the government to allocate more money to the Lincolnshire force, which she says is the "lowest funded force in England."

Ms Kirk also said she would "protect families against domestic abuse and act against domestic violence" and "recruit more visible neighbourhood police".

Ross Pepper, Liberal Democrats

Mr Pepper said he would fight for fair funding from the government and work with "public, local stakeholders, and the police to create a priority plan that puts an emphasis on community policing".

He said there is a need to be tough on serious and violent crime but also "provide quality support and respect for victims, especially in incidents of sexual assaults" as well as crime prevention to cut offending.

Mr Pepper said he would give £25,000 of his annual salary, if elected, to charities that will help crime prevention in the county.

David Williams, Lincolnshire Independents

Mr Williams said he would make people safer "through increased visibility and accessibility of the police".

He also wants increased funding from central government and communities to have a larger say in policing priorities.

Other priorities include improving road safety and targeting drug abuse and anti-social behaviour "by building on the strong sense of community spirit to provide tailored solutions to local problems".