PCC elections: Who is standing in Wales’ police elections?

The PCC elections are the only ones taking place in Wales on 2 May – unlike in England, there are no council elections in the country on that date.

Two incumbent Labour party commissioners are stepping down this year – Alun Michael in South Wales and Jeff Cuthbert in Gwent.

Labour’s Andy Dunbobbin in north Wales and Plaid’s Dafydd Llywelyn in Dyfed Powys are defending their seats.

PCCs were set up in 2012 by the government of the then-prime minister David Cameron.

The elected officials are responsible for overseeing and holding to account police forces in England and Wales, and set the annual budget for the force area.

They are not responsible for day-to-day operational decisions that the police make.

In Wales there are four PCCs, one for each policing area – South Wales, Gwent, Dyfed Powys, and North Wales.

PCCs earn a salary and are among the best paid elected officials in Wales.

Currently in south Wales Alun Michael is paid £86,700.

Jeff Cuthbert, in Gwent, receives £73,302, while Andy Dunbobbin is paid £73,300.

Dafydd Llywelyn earns a salary of £68,200 a year.