North Wales Police And Crime Commissioner Election 2016 Candidates Confirmed

The Police and Crime Commissioner candidates have been formally announced for North Wales.

Other areas of the UK had candidate lists promptly available last night after the 4pm nomination deadline passed, however North Wales has had a delayed release. A list had been circulated yesterday by Flintshire Council who are facilitating the election with the note it was for ‘information purposes only’, and not the official notice.

Late this afternoon Flintshire Council updated their site with the full formal notices.

Below does have a deliberate typo on our part with the Welsh Conservative ‘candidiate’ information copied from the formal release, where we expected the draft from last night to be corrected.

CANDIDATE LIST – There are five people hopeful to get your votes…

• Owain Arfon Jones, Plaid Cymru – Former Police Inspector
• Julian Bernard Sandham, Independent
• David James Taylor, Welsh Labour
• Simon Wall, UK Independence Party (UKIP)
• Matt Wright, Welsh Conservative Party Candidiate

It is important to note that you will get to mark your first and second choice candidate on the ballot paper for this election, rather than the usual single choice.

The election is being held at the same time as the Welsh Assembly elections (you can see the candidate lists for that here) so it is perhaps even more important to ensure you are registered to vote!

The election will be held on Thursday 5th May 2016.

Wrexham.com encourages everyone to register to vote, and to check that the relevant information is held for you – you can do this online via https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote