Nominations have closed in the race to become the next Kent Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) – with just three runners and riders. Contesting the election will be the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats. A high deposit of £5,000 and the requirement of candidates to achieve 5% of the public vote to retain it seems to have put off more marginal contenders for the £89,000 a year role. In the running on May 2 are Mathew Scott, the Conservative generally regarded to be the favourite to secure a third term in office, Lenny Rolles for Labour and the Liberal Democrat Graham Colley. The …
