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  Almost right there Roger..as I remember it the result was..
  16...13..and 12 Independents.
  
  Was surprised to see the Independents do so well and to be honest it's the only positive thing about it all. The dreaded party machinery swung into action on this election as per usual... in very typical mode, which put me off for a start. David Cameron's original idea was to have leading local people who were close to their community running these PCC things, but the feeling was we had guys 'shipped in' as per usual. At least that was the feeling perceived. Hands up anyone who had heard of Craig MacKinlay previously?
  
  Craig Mackinlay ( Conservative ) bombarded us with political literature like it was a general election.His final mailing dropped on my doormat harbouring an attempted smear of Ann Barnes. The sheer volume of mailshot convinced me he would win. I never heard from any other candidates. However despite all that he didnt win...Ann Barnes was outraged by MacKinlays final mailing and refuted it angrily, and in the end despite all won through. She has some experience in these matters as I believe she was a member of the Police Authority or something previously...so she is probably the best man for the job.
  
  As we know Labour are pushing all women short lists. We have had our local candidate for the general election for Labour selected from an all woman shortlist...to the ire of some. So, how many women featured in this current PCC election..well here we are..
  
  A total of 35 women stood as candidates. Six were elected making 14.6% of the 41 new police and crime commissioners. This compares to the 22% of women MPs in the House of Commons.
  
  The turnout as we know was abysmal..only 1 in 7 voted according to the talking head on Sky News.

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