The three candidates standing to be the next Cambridgeshire
police and Crime Commissioner. From left to right, Edna Murphy, Darryl Preston, and Anna Smith. (Image: Left image credit: Cambridgeshire County Council. Middle image credit: Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Right image credit: LDRS) Sign up to our free email newsletter to receive the latest
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election is due to take place on Thursday, May 2, the same day as the council
elections are due to be held. People across Cambridgeshire are eligible to vote for who they would like the next PCC to be. The role of the elected PCC is to hold the Chief Constable and the county’s police force to account. They are also expected to work in partnership across a range of agencies, both regionally and nationally, to make sure there is a coordinated approach to preventing and reducing crime. The current Cambridgeshire PCC, Darryl Preston, for the Conservative Party , is standing for re-election. Edna Helen Murphy, for the Liberal
Democrats , is also standing in the PCC election. She is currently a councillor at Cambridgeshire County Council , and chairs the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
fire Authority. Read more: Woman visiting Cambridge for first time vows never to return after incident in city centre Read more: Cambridge hit by even more burglaries with police stepping up patrols Anna Smith, for the
Labour and Co-operative Party , is the other candidate standing in the election. She is currently a councillor at Cambridge City Council , and is the deputy mayor at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. People voting in the PCC election will be asked to show an accepted form of photo ID when casting their vote. Anyone without photo ID can apply for a voter authority certificate to use instead, but will need to do so before the deadline on April 24. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow CambridgeLive
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