I come under Merseyside and follownig binners’ lead I’ve done some checking. Each candidate has a profile page where they can say a bit about their campaign. so…
Tory – No introductory profile
UKIP – No introductory profile
LibDem – “A University Lecturer with a background in charities helping disadvantaged and deprived communities. I was a journalist and PR specialist. I want to see more people’s voices heard.”
Labour – “I am an experienced and successful former minister. I want to use the role of PCC to pull together the whole criminal justice chain to ensure it works effectively for victims.”
Independent – “With over 20 years’ experience campaigning on and working on police accountability I’ve become an expert with an international reputation. Control of the police should not be party political. When I served on the Police Authority it had balanced representation of a range of views. Now that just one person will do the job – it shouldn’t be a party figure. People before Party.”
English Democrats – No introductory statement
So of the 6 candidates only 3 can be bothered to put up some info. Of those we have an ex-PR person and an ex-minister. Awesome.
The third “People before Party” independent is a law lecturer and Lib Dem activist until he recently resigned from them in order to run an independent campaign. In his resignation letter he states “But personally I cannot trust Nick Clegg or recommend any member of the public to vote for him.” Not all bad then.