Conservative Darryl Preston has narrowly beaten Labour’s Anna Smith to win the race to be Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and Crime Commissioner. It means Mr Preston, a former officer, will return to the post for a second consecutive term. He secured 61,688 votes (38.1 per cent) across the whole area, compared to Anna Smith’s 58,304 (36 per cent), while Liberal Democrat Edna Murphy finished third with 41,984 voted (25.9 per cent). Voters went to the polls across the county yesterday to elect the PCC, but higher turnouts were seen in areas where there were also local council elections su…
