Conservative David Lloyd has been elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire for the second time.

There was a second count at Allum House in Borehamwood today after none of the four candidates received 50 per cent of the votes.

From first preferences, Mr Lloyd received 100,262 votes, followed by Labour's Kerry Pollard with 64,978. Liberal Democrat Chris White received 38,488 votes and UKIP's Mark Hughes 33,575.

In the second round, second preferences for the two leading candidates were counted.

David Lloyd won with 25,807 votes, beating the 20,876 polled by Kerry Pollard.

Mr Lloyd said: “I am delighted with the election results. More than 100 thousand people voted for me in the first count.

“That means there was 126 thousand people who voted for me across Hertfordshire.

“That’s a great turnout. It is what we expect to see in local elections.”

When asked what changes he plans to make in his second term, Mr Lloyd said: "It's about evolution not revolution."

Labour’s Kerry Pollard said: “I am disappointed that I did not win.

“I worked very hard to try and win. I would have looked forward to working with the police.”