On Thursday 15 November there are the first ever elections for police and crime commissioners around the country, as well as byelections in Corby, Manchester and Cardiff, and an election for mayor of Bristol
• What are the issues you think police and crime commissioners ought to deal with? Do we need PCCs? Let us know in the comments below
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A John Prescott police commissioner badge. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer
On Thursday 15 November there will be multiple elections across England and Wales. Everywhere except London, voters will go to the polls to elect the first ever police and crime commissioners, quasi-politicians overseeing the police forces in their area. John Prescott, Labour's former deputy prime minister, is probably the best-known candidate - he is running on Humberside - but Michael White has profiled some of the other key figures and explained the background to the elections here. (In the capital Boris Johnson, the mayor, is police commissioner for the Metropolitan police, while the Court of Common Council plays that role for the City of London police.)
On the same day there will be byelections in Corby, Manchester Central and Cardiff South and Penarth, all of which Labour are expected to win, and in Bristol voters are electing a mayor for the first time.
Here are the full details of all the "Super Thursday" votes.
Corby byelection
Triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Louise Mensch.
Labour's Andy Sawford campaigning with Ed Miliband in Corby in October. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Candidates
Andy Sawford - Labour
Christine Emmett - Conservative
Jill Hope - Lib Dem
Margot Parker - Ukip
Jonathan Hornett - Green
David Bishop - Elvis Loves Pets party
Ian Gillman - independent
Rohen Kapur - Young People's party
Adam Lotun - independent
Mr Mozzarella - independent
Peter Reynolds - Cannabis Law Reform
Gordon Riddell - BNP
Christopher Scotton - United People's party
David Wickham - English Democrats
Manchester Central byelection
Triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Tony Lloyd, who is standing as Greater Manchester's police and crime commissioner.
The Manchester skyline Candidates
Lucy Powell - Labour
Matthew Sephton - Conservative
Marc Ramsbottom - Lib Dem
Chris Cassidy - Ukip
Tom Dylan - Green
Peter Clifford - Communist League
Alex Davidson - Trade Unionist and Socialist
Lee Holmes - People's Democratic party
Loz Kaye - Pirate
Eddy O'Sullivan - BNP
Clive Searle - Respect
Cardiff South and Penarth byelection
Triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Alun Michael, who is standing as South Wales's police and crime commissioner.
Cardiff city centre. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian Candidates
Stephen Doughty - Labour
Craig Williams - Conservative
Bablin Molik - Lib Dems
Luke Nicholas - Plaid Cymru
Simon Zeigler - Ukip
Anthony Slaughter - Green
Robert Griffiths - Communist
Andrew Jordan - Socialist Labour
Mayor of Bristol
Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Photograph: Alamy Bristol is voting for an elected mayor for the first time
Candidates
Marvin Rees - Labour
Geoff Gollop - Conservative
Jon Rogers - Lib Dem
Daniella Radice - Green
Tom Baldwin - Trade Unionist and Socialist
Tony Britt - independent
Tim Collins - independent
Dave Dobbs - Birthday party
George Ferguson - Bristol 1st
Rich Fisher - independent
Stoney Garnett - independent
Owain George - independent
Neil Maggs - Respect
Spud Murphy - independent
Philip Pover - independent
Police and crime commissioners
Photograph: Bimal Gautam/Demotix/Corbis Avon and Somerset
Pete Levy - Liberal Democrat
Ken Maddock - Conservative
Sue Mountstevens - independent
Dr John Savage - Labour
Bedfordshire
Kevin Carroll - British Freedom Party
Linda Jack - Liberal Democrat
Oliver Martins - Labour
Jasbir Parmar - Conservative
Rashid Mezanur - independent
Cambridgeshire
Ansar Ali - independent
Sir Graham Bright - Conservative
Paul Bullen - Ukip
Stephen Goldspink - English Democrats
Farooq Mohammed - independent
Rupert Moss-Eccardt - Liberal Democrat
Ed Murphy - Labour
Cheshire
Ainsley Arnold - Liberal Democrat
Louise Bours - Ukip
John Dwyer - Conservative
Sarah Flannery - independent
John Stockton - Labour
Cleveland
Sultan Alam - independent
Barry Coppinger - Labour
Ken Lupton - Conservative
Joe Michna - Green Party
Cumbria
Pru Jupe - Liberal Democrat
Patrick Leonard - Labour
Richard Rhodes - Conservative
Mary Robinson - independent
Derbyshire
Alan Charles - Labour
David Gale - Ukip
Rod Hutton - independent
Simon Spencer - Conservative
Devon and Cornwall
Brian Blake - Liberal Democrat
Graham Calderwood - independent
Brian Greenslade - independent
Commodore Tony Hogg - Conservative
Ivan Jordan - independent
Tam McPherson - independent
William Morris - independent
John Smith - independent
Bob Smith - Ukip
Nicky Williams - Labour
Dorset
Andy Canning- Liberal Democrat
Nick King - Conservative
Rachel Rogers - Labour
Martyn Underhill - independent
Durham
Mike Costello - Ukip
Ron Hogg - Labour
Kingsley Smith - independent
Nick Varley - Conservative
Dyfed-Powys
Christine Gwyther - Labour
Christopher Salmon - Conservative
Essex
Nicholas Alston - Conservative
Linda Belgrove - independent
Val Morris-Cook - Labour
Andrew Smith - Ukip
Mick Thwaites - independent
Robin Tilbrook - English Democrat
Gloucestershire
Victoria Atkins - Conservative
Alistair Cameron - Liberal Democrat
Rupi Dhanda - Labour
Martin Surl - independent
Greater Manchester
Matthew Gallagher - Liberal Democrat
Tony Lloyd - Labour
Roy Warren - independent
Michael Winstanley - Conservative
Steven Woolfe - Ukip
Gwent
Ian Johnston - independent
Hamish Sandison - Labour
Nick Webb - Conservative
Chris Wright - independent
Hampshire
David Goodall - Liberal Democrat
Simon Hayes - independent
Don Jerrard - Justice & Anti-Corruption Party
Michael Mates - Conservative
Michael West - Ukip
Jacqui Rayment - Labour
Hertfordshire
Sherma Batson - Labour
David Lloyd - Conservative
Marion Mason - Ukip
Christopher Townsend - Liberal Democrat
Humberside
Godfrey Bloom - Ukip
Simone Butterworth- Liberal Democrat
Paul Davison - independent
Neil Eyre - independent
Matthew Grove - Conservative
John Prescott - Labour
Walter Sweeney - independent
Kent
Ann Barnes - independent
Dai Liyanage - independent
Craig Mackinlay - Conservative
Steve Uncles - English Democrat
Piers Wauchope - Ukip
Harriet Yeo - Labour
Lancashire
Afzal Anwar - Liberal Democrat
Tim Ashton - Conservative
Robert Drobny - Ukip
Clive Grunshaw- Labour
Leicestershire
Air Chief Marshall Sir Clive Loader - Conservative
Suleman Nagdi - independent
Sarah Russell - Labour
Lincolnshire
David Bowles - independent
Richard Davies - Conservative
Paul Gleeson- Labour
Alan Hardwick - independent
Merseyside
Geoff Gubb - Conservative
Hilary Jones - Ukip
Paula Keaveney - Liberal Democrat
Jane Kennedy - Labour
Kiron Reid - independent
Paul Rimmer - English Democrat
Norfolk
Jamie Athill - Conservative
Stephen Bett - independent
James Joyce - Liberal Democrat
Steve Morphew - Labour
Matthew Smith - Ukip
Northamptonshire
Lee Barron - Labour
Jim MacArthur - Ukip
John Norrie - independent
Adam Simmonds - Conservative
Paul Varnsverry - Liberal Democrat
Northumbria
Dr Peter Andras - Liberal Democrat
Vera Baird - Labour
Philip Butler - Conservative
Alistair Baxter - Ukip
North Yorkshire
Julia Mulligan - Conservative
Ruth Potter - Labour
North Wales
Richard Hibbs - independent
Colm McCabe - Conservative
Tal Michael - Labour
Warwick Nicholson - Ukip
Winston Roddick - independent
Nottinghamshire
Dr Raj Chandran - independent
Tony Roberts - Conservative
Malcolm Spencer - independent
Paddy Tipping - Labour
South Wales
Mike Baker - independent
Caroline Jones - Conservative
Alun Michael - Labour
Antonio Verdame - independent
South Yorkshire
David Allen - English Democrat
Jonathan Arnott - Ukip
Nigel Bonson - Conservative
Robert Teal - Liberal Democrat
Shaun Wright - Labour
Staffordshire
Matthew Ellis - Conservative
Joy Garner - Labour
Suffolk
David Cocks - independent
Jane Basham - Labour
Bill Mountford - Ukip
Tim Passmore - Conservative
Surrey
Robert Evans - Labour
Kevin Hurley - independent
Julie Iles - Conservative
Nick O'Shea - Liberal Democrat
Robert Shatwell - Ukip
Peter Williams - independent
Sussex
Tony Armstrong - Ukip
Katy Bourne - Conservative
Ian Chisnall - independent
Godfrey Daniel - Labour
David Rogers - Liberal Democrat
Thames Valley
Patience Tayo Awe - independent
Barry Cooper - Ukip
Geoff Howard - independent
Professor John Howson - Liberal Democrat
Anthony Stansfeld - Conservative
Tim Starkey - Labour
Warwickshire
Ron Ball - independent
Fraser Pithie - Conservative
James Plaskitt - Labour
West Mercia
Adrian Blackshaw - Conservative
Bill Longmore - independent
Simon Murphy - Labour
West Midlands
Matt Bennett - Conservative
Bill Etheridge - Ukip
Cath Hannon - independent
Bob Jones - Labour
Ayoub Khan - Liberal Democrat
Mike Rumble - independent
Bishop Derek Webley - independent
West Yorkshire
Mark Burns-Williamson - Labour
Geraldine Carter - Conservative
Cedric Christie - independent
Andrew Marchington - Liberal Democrat
Wiltshire
Paul Batchelor - Liberal Democrat
Angus Macpherson - Conservative
Clare Moody - Labour
John Short - Ukip
Liam Silcocks - independent
Colin Skelton - independent
• What are the issues you think police and crime commissioners ought to deal with? Do we need PCCs? Let us know in the comments below
• Correction, November 10: Toby Jug of the Monster Raving Loony party and James Delingpole (independent) are no longer standing in the Corby byelection. Their names have been removed. Another independent candidate, Mr Mozzarella, and David Bishop of the Elvis Loves Pets party have been added to the list. Apologies
