Results for the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner elections which took place on 5 May 2016, nearly four years after the first election in 2012.
| Ron Hogg | Labour | 36,171 | 51.6% | |
| Kingsley Smith | Independent | 18,813 | 26.8% | |
| Michael Costello | UKIP | 8,257 | 11.8% | |
| Nick Varley | Conservative | 6,900 | 9.8% |