Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner

The Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner is a police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Thames Valley Police in the ceremonial English counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Thames Valley Police Authority. The current incumbent is Matthew Barber, who represents the Conservative Party.

Elections

Elections for the role of Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner took place in 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2024. The PCC was elected by a supplementary vote system with a term of four years; however, elections scheduled for 2020 were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since May 2023 the voting system was changed to the first past the post system meaning the 2 May 2024 PCC elections were held under the changed system.

Matthew Barber was re-elected on 2 May 2024 with a majority of 2,343. The count for the election was undertaken by West Berkshire Council and the result announced on 4 May 2024 at Newbury Racecourse.

Voters in the Thames Valley Police Area voted for their next PCC on Thursday 6 May 2021, on the same day as local elections were held across the United Kingdom. Votes were counted in 13 locations in the Thames Valley area on Monday 10 May 2021 including at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury, where the results were announced.

In 2016, Anthony Stansfeld was re-elected for a second term as Thames Valley PCC.

In 2012, Anthony Stansfeld was elected as the first PCC for the Thames Valley Police Area.