Why me? asked PCC candidates to #SignTheRJPledge
Before the Police and Crime Commissioner elections on the 6th of May, Why me? asked every candidate to #SignTheRJPledge .
Restorative Justice can transform the lives of people affected by crime, giving them the chance to have their questions answered, explain the damage done by the incident and move forward. Every victim of crime with a known offender should be informed about Restorative Justice, but data from the Office of National Statistics shows that, in reality, only 5% recall this happening.
This isn’t good enough, and we are trying to change it together.
Victims of crime should be able to decide for themselves whether they want to explore Restorative Justice, and be offered a referral to a restorative provider.
We asked PCC candidates to support giving victims of crime this opportunity and are thrilled that the following six PCCs signed the pledge! Thank you so much for your support, which will help to give people affected by crime power over their own recovery.
Philip Seccombe – Conservative PCC for Warwickshire 
Tim Passmore – Conservative PCC for Suffolk 
Dafydd Llywelyn – Plaid Cymru PCC for Dyfed-Powys 
Andy Dunbobbin – Labour PCC for North Wales 
Emily Spurrell – Labour PCC for Merseyside 
Simon Foster – Labour PCC for West Midlands 
The Pledge
We asked candidates to agree to “work to ensure that any victim of crime is informed about Restorative Justice, and can decide for themself if they want a referral to our restorative provider”
10 people who were sitting PCCs also signed up:
Dafydd Llywelyn – Plaid Cymru PCC for Dyfed-Powys
Martin Surl – Independent PCC for Gloucestershire
Clive Grunshaw – Labour PCC for Lancashire
Lord Willy Bach – Labour PCC for Leicestershire
Arfon Jones – Plaid Cymru PCC for North Wales
Paddy Tipping – Labour PCC for Nottinghamshire
Tim Passmore – Conservative PCC for Suffolk
David Munro – Independent PCC for Surrey
Philip Seccombe – Conservative PCC for Warwickshire
David Jamieson – Labour PCC for West Midlands
31 people who were running to become PCCs signed up:
Cleo Lake – Green PCC Candidate for Avon & Somerset
John Smith – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Avon & Somerset
Jas Parmar – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Bedfordshire
Nicky Massey – Labour PCC Candidate for Cambridgeshire
Rupert Moss-Eccardt – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Cambridgeshire
Barbara Cannon – Labour PCC Candidate for Cumbria
Mark Christie – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Cumbria
Gareth Derrick – Labour PCC Candidate for Devon & Cornwall
Brian Blake – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Devon & Cornwall
Patrick Canavan – Labour PCC Candidate for Dorset
Chris Vince – Labour PCC Candidate for Essex
Tony Bunday – Labour PCC Candidate for Hampshire
Richard Murphy – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Hampshire
Philip Ross – Labour PCC Candidate for Hertfordshire
Lola Oyewusi – Labour PCC Candidate for Kent
Ross Willmott – Labour PCC Candidate for Leicestershire
Emily Spurrell – Labour PCC Candidate for Merseyside
Kris Brown – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Merseyside
Andy Dunbobbin – Labour PCC Candidate for North Wales
Alison Hume – Labour PCC Candidate for North Yorkshire
Keith Tordoff MBE – Independent PCC Candidate for North Yorkshire
Michael Baker – Independent PCC Candidate for South Wales
James Sandbach – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Suffolk
Paul Kennedy – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for Surrey
Paul Richards – Labour PCC Candidate for Sussex
Ben Twomey – Labour PCC Candidate for Warwickshire
Margaret Rowley – Lib Dem PCC Candidate for West Mercia
Kuldip Sahota – Labour PCC Candidate for West Mercia
Simon Foster – Labour PCC Candidate for West Midlands
Junab Ali – Labour PCC Candidate for Wiltshire
John Smith – Independent PCC candidate for Avon and Somerset
Three people running to be Mayor signed up:
Luisa Porritt – Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate for London
Sian Berry – Green Mayoral Candidate for London
Simon Lepori – Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate for Manchester