Devon and Cornwall’s police and crime commissioner blew her rivals out of the water when it came to campaign spending, it has emerged.
Newly submitted election expenses reveal Conservative Alison Hernandez spent more than twice as much as her Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP rivals put together during the campaign.
Ms Hernandez, who was elected to the £85,000-a-year post in May, spent
£31,212
during the campaign – more than any other candidate. Her campaign was funded by donations of money and services from Conservative headquarters and local branches in Devon and Cornwall.
The second biggest spender was retired senior police officer Bob Spencer, from Lympstone, who spent
£19,000 of his own money
on an unsuccessful campaign.
The full list:
Alison Hernandez (Conservative) – £28,595, plus personal travel and accommodation expenses of £2,617;
Bob Spencer (Independent) – £17,602, plus personal expenses of £1,446;
Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat) – £6,340, plus personal expenses of £490;
Gareth Derrick (Labour) – £4,982, plus personal expenses of £419;
William Morris (Independent) – £2,488, plus personal expenses of £1,453;
Jonathan Smith (UKIP) – £2,414.
East Devon Watch 
I guess its lucky that the Conservatives have so many big businesses falling over themselves to make donations in order to afford such large expenses.
What is also surprising is that the second greatest election expenses were from Bob Spencer who stated publicly that he would not be taking donations from businesses. So either he had a lot of private supporters or dug deep into his own pocket to fund his candidacy.
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Indeed he did pay all his expenses from his own pocket, as explained later on in the article.
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