Some honey from the BBC...
"Mr Shapps admits that he would have liked to have seen more people voting, although he says there have been five million voters. He says that means the PCC's have more democratic legitimacy than previous figures of police authority."
Some personal takes upon the process...
"Stuart Worthington, from Warrington...
...I didn't agree with what we were voting for, I didn't know anything about any of the candidates and three of them were affiliated to political parties - I think the police should be a-political."
He added he had spoilt his ballot paper for the first time in his life."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20358742