LIVE: Police and crime commissioner are counted

-Sue Mountstevens has been elected as the first police and crime commissioner for Avon and Somerset -She won a total of 125,704 votes - putting her well ahead of her runner up Ken Maddock, who got 67,842 -More on the result here. After thousands of voters across the city went to the polls yesterday, today is the day that the votes are counted and Avon and Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner is announced. There were four candidates to choose from - they were: -Independent candidate Sue Mountstevens, 57, is a member of the current police authority, a Bristol magistrate of 15 years and was vice-chairwoman of the Independent Monitoring Board at Bristol prison. -Ken Maddock, the Conservative candidate, was the leader of Somerset County Council and a Mendip District Councillor. The 68-year-old is an experienced businessman who used to be a fashion buyer for C&A. -Pete Levy, a former police constable and Royal Military Police officer for six years, is also a member of the police authority. The 51-year-old is a Lib Dem Bristol City councillor representing Horfield. -John Savage, 67, is running for the Labour party. He is chairman of the city centre hospital trust, executive chairman of Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Initiative, former High Sheriff of Bristol and West of England Learning and Skills Council chair. The votes for the PCC will be counted alongside votes cast for Bristol's mayor at UWE's Conference and Exhibition Centre. The count began this morning. For the Avon and Somerset police force area the following areas have held a joint election: -Bath and North East Somerset -Bristol City Council -South Gloucestershire Council -Taunton Deane Council -North Somerset District Council -Sedgemoor District Council -South Somerset District Council -West Somerset District Council -Mendip District Council For the Avon and Somerset area, Bristol City Council is the lead authority, and part of this role is dealing with candidates and co-ordinating the results. How does the count work? The first preference votes are counted, and if a candidate has received more than 50 per cent of the votes cast they are elected. If no candidate has more than 50 per cent of the vote, all candidates apart from those in the first and second place are eliminated. The ballot papers showing a first preference for the eliminated candidates are checked for their second preference. Any second preference votes for the two remaining candidates are then added to the candidates' first preference votes and the candidate with the most votes wins. You can keep up with the latest updates from the count, see what people are saying about it, ask questions and join the debate with our live blog of the days events below. ThisisBristol has reporters at the count who will be contributing from midday, along with Bristol City Council providing official news and information as the day goes on. Watch a live feed of the results and speeches as they happen below, provided by Bristol City Council. The feed will start about 15 minutes before the result is due - and Bristol City Council will post information about when it is likely to start in our live blog above.

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