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Police and crime commissioner - Diane (23rd Oct 2012 - 17:00:58) Does anyone know who is standing for this role in our area. I did hear Michael Mates mentioned somewhere?

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Jaybee (23rd Oct 2012 - 17:15:15) I understand that the canditates are as follows:- David Goodall - Liberal Democrat Simon Hayes - Independent Don Jerrard - Justice and Anti-Corruption Party Michael Mates - Conservative Jacqui Rayment - Labour Stephen West - UKIP

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Sue (23rd Oct 2012 - 20:13:11) How can we vote for someone when nobody has made any effort to let us know who is standing and what their intentions are. If they can't be bothered then why should we bother to vote?

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Susie (23rd Oct 2012 - 21:17:45) Because women died to give you that vote. Find stuff out about them, the internet is an extreamly powerful tool. If you don't bother to vote, you, in my opinion don't deserve the right to moan about the people who become elected.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Ben (23rd Oct 2012 - 23:21:43) I agree with Susie. It's not exactly tricky to find out who is standing. Simon Hayes seems to of been out and about a bit. Also he was chair of the Hampshire Police Authority Don Jerrard seems to pop up here every now and then. Michael Mates also pretty well known

Re: Police and crime commissioner - P Weyland (24th Oct 2012 - 08:47:51) According to the voting card the candidate names will be published on the website on 26th October.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Eneida (24th Oct 2012 - 09:33:05) Here they all are with photos too :) BBC - Hampshire & IoW police and crime commissioner candidates

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Mary W (26th Oct 2012 - 11:42:29) I must say, looking at the candidates, the only one who appears to know anything about the job, is Jacqui Rayment, who chaired the Police Authority for the last 6 years. Promoting herself as the "only candidate with on the job experience", Ms Rayment said her priority is to support front line policing, oppose police cuts and tackle anti-social behaviour and crime.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Ian (29th Oct 2012 - 09:39:10) Hear hear Mary W !

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Mike (30th Oct 2012 - 12:02:33) I am dismayed that the candidates are putting themselves forward based on political affilliation rather than suitability for the job. If only one candidate has any relevant experience they might be ideal but then may be ruled out because of the colour of their rosette. I think I understand what a Police Commissioner is but I am puzzled as to what crimes a \"Crime Commissioner\" might commission?

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Pam (2nd Nov 2012 - 20:52:26) I attended the meeting held last night at Winchester because, if I am going to vote for a candidate, I wanted to learn a little more about them.. It was an interesting and well run meeting and each candidate was given 90 seconds to tell the audience why they were standing for the job. By far and away the best, most lucid, informed and well balanced address was the one given by Jacqui Rayment. As a very real and added bonus she has been a member of Hampshire Police Authority for 15 years and chaired the authority from 2006 to 2012. Questions were taken from the floor and the first question which was one I would have asked was why 5 of the candidates were representing a political party. The questioner then went on to say that although the sixth candidate, Mr Simon Hayes is standing as an independent candidate he had served as a Conservative district and county councillor and was leader of New Forest District Councillor. It was implied by the questioner that Mr Hayes had not been chosen by the Conservatives as their candidate (they had chosen Mr Mates) and therefore Mr Hayes elected to stand as an independent. None of the candidates really answered the question as to why party politics was involved, but Jacqui Rayment was the one who gave clarity as to where she stood in the matter, by saying that although she is a member of the Labour Party and standing on that ticket, during her time as member of Hampshire Police Authority she had never allowed her political affiliation to influence her judgement or decisions. This has obviously been true and reflected by the fact that she has been a member of HPA for 15 years and was chosen to chair the authority for 6 years. Rather a good recommendation and indicates that she is held in high regard as being impartial and well respected. She certainly seemed to be the best person for the job.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Eneida Nelson (15th Nov 2012 - 15:55:22) Anybody bothered to vote?? I'm afraid I haven't...really don't understand what they're going to do to earn their £85K salary. I would rather the money was spent on getting more policemen...

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Paul E (15th Nov 2012 - 16:47:45) My wife and I voted this afternoon - I think we were a 'sudden rush' at the Church Centre - but once again the so called 'Big Three' have turned the selection of candidates into a political fight when they ought to have kept out of it. I sense disaster very soon.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - sue (17th Nov 2012 - 11:20:52) I wrote a comment on 23 Oct and was shot down in flames by several people. I stand by what I said and it has turned out that the majority of the country's population were of the same thinking, I rest my case.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - rita (20th Nov 2012 - 11:06:26) hi sue. you are not the only one not to vote, and i totally agree with you. why should we bother to vote if not one person can be bothered to make them selves known. and yes am well aware that women died to give us the vote but dont shout people down who have got a a different opinon. i spoke to alot of people and they did not vote either. and to be honest all the back stabbing and all the business with the parish council has put me right off voting for anyone.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - Val (20th Nov 2012 - 12:23:39) Of course it is the right in this country for anyone not to vote. However those people who don't vote have no right to criticize the people who have been elected by those who bothered to vote. A country gets the government (or PCC as the case may be) it deserves. Apathy is very dangerous and insidious.

Re: Police and crime commissioner - PC Gordon Gotham (20th Nov 2012 - 16:57:14) Val, agree that people should use their vote. But in this case i felt that you should have been able to vote to maintain the status quo. The vote or lack of voting in this case is not so much apathy but more a case of abstaining by the only way possible.

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