Northumbria PCC: The candidates standing for election

People living in the Northumbria force area will vote on 6 May to elect a police and crime commissioner (PCC) as well as voting in local authority elections.

The vote was due to take place in May last year but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The first Northumbria PCC was elected in November 2012.

PCCs are elected as representatives who work to ensure police forces in England and Wales are running effectively.

These are the candidates who have declared they intend to stand this year (listed alphabetically):

Runs a businesses selling made-to-measure suits and stood as a Conservative candidate in two general elections.

A primary care doctor who previously worked with the police as a forensic medical examiner.

Has been a Gateshead councillor for more than 25 years and is also a solicitor.

The current Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner.