Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Election – Thursday 2 May 2024

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner results

Katy Bourne was re-elected as the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.

The results were announced by the Police Area Returning Officer (PARO) at Brighton & Hove City Council on Sunday 5 May.

The turnout was 24.49%.

Brighton & Hove is one of the local council areas that voted in the election. It's the total combined votes across Sussex (table above) that decides who is elected as the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.

Who could vote 

To vote in these elections you must be: 

• registered to vote by Tuesday 16 April 2024 
• a resident of Brighton & Hove or a registered Crown servant or service elector 
• age 18 or over on polling day 
• a British, Irish, or EU citizen, or a citizen of a Commonwealth country

Find out more about which elections you could vote in. 

Key dates and deadlines 

• Tuesday 16 April – was the last day to register to vote 
• Wednesday 17 April, 5pm – was the last day for us to receive your postal vote application 
• Wednesday 17 April, 5pm – was the last day to cancel your postal vote 
• Wednesday 17 April, 5pm – was the last day to change existing proxy arrangements 
• Wednesday 24 April, 5pm – was the last day for us to receive new proxy vote applications 
• Wednesday 24 April, 5pm – was the last day for us to receive your Voter Authority Certificate application 
• Friday 26 April – was the first day to reissue replacement postal votes 
• Thursday 2 May – polls were open from 7am to 10pm
• Sunday 5 May – ballot papers were counted, with results expected in the evening 

Voter ID statistics from polling stations

Number of voters not issued with a ballot paper

The total number of polling station electors who applied for, but at least initially were not issued with, a ballot paper (VIDEF 3a + 4a) was 183

Of these, 112 later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper (VIDEF 3b + 4b).

71 were not issued with a ballot paper by close of poll.

Contextual Information

The total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations was 172,703

We issued 27,385 voters with a ballot paper at polling stations

Of the electors eligible to vote in person at the polling stations, 15.9% did so.

Proportions of those who tried to vote in a polling station

Of those who tried to vote in a polling station:

• 99.7% were able to vote on 2 May
• 0.3% applied for but were refused a ballot paper by the close of poll
• 0.7% applied for, but were initially refused, a ballot paper

61.2% of the electors initially refused a ballot paper later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper.

Late postal votes

The following number of postal voting packs were returned to the Returning Officer by Royal Mail too late to be included in the 2 May elections (last updated 16 May 2024).

Further information and notices

Find out more about the Police & Crime Commissioner role, including the election notices published by the Sussex Police Area Returning Officer.

Read the certificate of count totals for Brighton & Hove voting area.