Petition · past parliament
Remove political party affiliation from police and crime commissioner elections
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
The role of a police and crime commissioner is non-political and therefore party affiliation shouldn't be stated on ballot papers or be used in the campaign process. Candidates should be elected on their merit and policies not their party affiliation, party affiliation threatens this.
Party affiliation is unnecessary. Having party affiliation politicises the role, which isn't designed as a political role. It also creates an issue of candidates having to "toe the party line" as they are party affiliated, which again politicises the role of police and crime commissioners. Therefore party affiliation should be removed from the police and crime commissioner role and election process.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 9 May 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 May 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 May 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.