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  Opposition Day - Police and Crime Commissoiner Elections
  
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  @ MP voted no to support plans to hold Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November rather than May. 
  @ MP voted aye to oppose plans to hold Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November rather than May. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to support plans to hold Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November rather than May. 
  
  The text of the motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' with serious concern the Electoral Reform Societyâs warning that the police and crime commissioner elections âthreaten to result in the lowest turnout of any nationwide election in British historyâ following the Governmentâs decision to hold the elections on 15 November 2012;
  :''further notes'' that the Electoral Reform Society is predicting that turnout will be significantly lower than at the local elections, held in May;
  :''believes'' the Governmentâs cuts to 15,000 police officers demonstrates its wrong-headed attitude to policing;
  :''is concerned'' about the effect this has on police morale;
  :''further notes'' that Ministers have confirmed that the Government has broken its promise not to cut frontline police officers by taking 6,800 police officers off the front line;
  :''is concerned'' that Government policy is removing crucial tools for the police to catch offenders and tackle crime in the future, such as restricting the use of CCTV and DNA evidence and the abolition of ASBOs; and
  :''believes'' that the Governmentâs decision to hold elections in November rather than in May wastes public money that should be spent on front line police.
  
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