Stuart Minting

Just waiting for the result of the York second preference votes now. The other areas are set to be announced shortly.

After the first count, Mr Tordoff said: "I am obviously disappointed because I came to win, but to come third is pleasing and over 22,000 people in North Yorkshire voted for me as first preference. It was always going to be a Herculean task against the main political parties."

Reacting to the result, Mr Barker said: "I am pleased with the amount of votes I got, which was 6,000 more than the previous Liberal Democrat candidate for this role. I came here with two aims. Not to lose the deposit and to increase the count and we have achieved this."

After the first round of voting Philip Allott got 47 per cent of the total votes and Alison Hume 26 per cent.

Liberal Democrat candidate James Barker received a total of 19,773 votes and Independent candidate Keith Tordoff 22,308 votes.

In the first count, Conservative Philip Allot got a total of 73,657 votes and Labour's Alison Hume 40,803 votes. Just the two of them will go forward for the second preference vote, which is expected to take about two hours to count.

Labour candidate Alison Hume has secured the most results in York. She got 14,755 votes compared to Conservative candidate Philip Allott's 10,560. Overall, he has less than 50 per cent of the first count and second preference votes will now be counted.

Ms Hume has come in second in each of the first counts that have been announced so far, Independent candidate and Pateley Bridge sweet shop entrepreneur Keith Tordoff has received the third most votes in each area.

In Hambleton, Richmondshire, Ryedale and Scarborough he has secured more than double the number of votes than any other candidate. He won the first vote count in Selby and Craven too, with Labour candidate Alison Hume coming second in both those areas.

It's looking extremely positive for Conservative candidate Philip Allott following the announcement of results for Hambleton, Richmondshire, Selby, Ryedale and Craven.

The Selby district result looks set to be announced shortly.

Election officers are saying the results for Hambleton, Richmondshire, Ryedale and Scarborough are in. Just waiting on Craven, York and Harrogate.

The result is still some way off. Nothing expected until after 2pm, but if there's no clear winner it could be as late at 4.30pm.

Liberal Democrat candidate James Barker is on the balcony above the count. He says the battle to become commissioner has been very respectful between the candidates.

There's a noteable lack of tension at the count. The blue piles of votes are appearing to dwarf the other colours.

In 2016, Conservative Julia Mulligan took 40.1 per cent of the first preference votes - falling short of the requisite 50 per cent - but secured re-election on second preference votes. She ultimately received 65,018 votes while Labour candidate Steve Howley polled 44,759 votes.

The turnout has been the highest since the post of police and crime commissioner was created in 2012. The proportion of people voting has nearly doubled since then, when just 13.3 per cent of the electorate voted.