Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Police and Crime Commissioner elections Print full guidance You are in the Candidate spending section Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Police and Crime Commissioner elections Candidate spending How much can you spend? The spending limit for the regulated period is a maximum amount based on the police area in which you are standing.The limits are:1 Police areaSpending limitPolice areaSpending limitAvon & Somerset£305,130Norfolk£165,210Bedfordshire£114,570North Wales£130,400Cambridgeshire£148,910North Yorkshire£153,100Cheshire£195,410Northamptonshire£130,980Cleveland£105,280Northumbria£267,750Cumbria£98,900Nottinghamshire£200,320Derbyshire£194,340South Wales£238,490Devon & Cornwall£319,410South Yorkshire£244,590Dorset£146,350Staffordshire£209,920Durham£121,930Suffolk£137,880Dyfed-Powys£99,430Surrey£211,410Essex£320,960Sussex£301,210Gloucestershire£118,220Thames Valley£415,290Gwent£107,370Warwickshire£104,710Hampshire £356,810West Mercia£231,030Hertfordshire£207,270West Midlands£489,410Humberside £173,230Wiltshire£128,270Kent£312,650 Lancashire£276,210 Leicestershire£192,370 Lincolnshire£136,780 Merseyside£249,920 1. Article 35(2) Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 ↩ Back to content at footnote 1 Last updated: 12 December 2023 Book traversal links for How much can you spend? Incurring and making payments for candidate spending What records must you keep?