Labour's Paddy Tipping elected county's police and crime commissioner

Labour's Paddy Tipping has won the fight to become Nottinghamshire's first police and crime commissioner.

The former Sherwood MP polled 55% of what was a disappointing turnout for an election which cost £100m to hold nationally.

Just under 16% of those eligible to vote did so in yesterday's election.

The police and crime commissioner will take over from the police authority and have responsibility for the policing budget, policing plan and hold the chief constable to account, ultimately being responsible for their hiring and firing.

Operational policing remains controlled by the chief constable, Chris Eyre.

Two candidates were eliminated in the first round - the deputy leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council, Mr Tony Roberts, who was the Conservative candidate, and the independent, Dr Raj Chandran.

Voters were asked to nominate a first and second choice in the election.

The second round was between a retired Nottinghamshire Police officer, Mr Malcolm Spencer, who was also standing as an independent, and Mr Tipping.

Mr Tipping won with 65,919 to Mr Spencer's 52,789 votes.