. IT has been confirmed that the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Election Count will take place on Sunday, 9 May, following the election on Thursday. The swearing of the oath will also take place on Sunday, and the elected Police and Crime Commissioner s new term in office will start on 13 May. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order prescribes the form of words that the elected Police and Crime Commissioners will be required to declare before they take office, said a PCC spokesperson. The term of a person elected as a PCC at an ordinary election begins on the seventh (calendar) day after the day of the poll, and ends with the sixth (calendar) day following the subsequent poll.
The Ceredigion election count is under way. The counting for the Senedd Cymru election s Ceredigion constituency, along with the regional list for Mid Wales and West Wales, is now under way. Polls opened at 7am on Thursday and closed at 10pm in the first election since the legislature was renamed from the National Assembly of Wales. This year s election is different to any other, and we are working in line with Covid-19 guidelines, said a spokesperson for Ceredigion Council. The ballot boxes and the postal votes are in and election staff are busy verifying the papers for the Senedd Cymru Ceredigion constituency, the Mid and West Wales region and the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dyfed-Powys area.