16 November 2012 Last updated at 11:52 ET

Staffordshire police and crime commissioner results

Matthew Ellis from the Conservative Party has won the election to be police and crime commissioner for Staffordshire.

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STAFFORDSHIRE: Matthew Ellis (Conservative) elected
Turnout does not include spoilt ballots
Turnout: 98,926 (11.63%)
Candidate	Party	Total votes	%
Matthew Ellis	Conservative	51,237	51.85%
Joy Garner	Labour	47,589	48.15%

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Find out more about each of these candidates below.

MATTHEW ELLIS - Conservative

Mr Ellis wants to reduce the amount of paperwork that police officers have to do

Matthew Ellis has been the Staffordshire county councillor for the Lichfield Rural East ward since 2009.

He is the cabinet member for adults' wellbeing and recently oversaw a restructure of the county's social services.

He said he wanted the police to be tougher on prolific offenders, on anti-social behaviour, alcohol-related crime and to "treat victims as people not just a crime number".

One of his main policies is to increase the amount of time that officers spend tackling crime.

"I want to use technology to reduce the time statements take to process, reducing the burden of bureaucracy, which would deliver up to 3,000 more policing hours every week," he said.

Matthew Ellis's election statement

JOY GARNER - Labour

Joy Garner said she was standing for the PCC role because she was opposed to police cuts

Joy Garner is a Stoke-on-Trent city councillor who has represented Burslem Park Ward since 2002.

She has been a member of Staffordshire Police Authority since May 2011.

She said she was standing to become Staffordshire's police and crime commissioner to challenge the cuts that were being made to the force.

She said: "People want to see police on their streets, but cuts by the Tory-led government means 213 officers have already been lost from our local communities, with more cuts to come.

"We need a real change from this policy to make our streets safer."

Joy Garner's election statement