Police commissioner candidate Alison Hernandez bitten by dog

She tweeted a picture of her bandaged finger after a visit to the Minor Injuries Unit at Newton Abbot Hospital.

Ms Hernandez was seeking re-election to the job she has done since winning the vote in May 2016.

She was delivering leaflets in Paignton when she was bitten on the hand.

Ms Hernandez was given antibiotics and later praised the care she received at the hospital when she arrived at the election count in the Assembly Room in Torquay on Thursday night.

“I’ve been campaigning since 2008 and this is the first time this has happened,” she said.

Alison Hernandez\'s bandaged finger (Image: Alison Hernandez/Twitter - free for use by LDRS partners)

She said in her tweet: “Highlight of Election Day is my first ever dog bite! In over ten years of delivering leaflets I’ve never had one. Only minor and @NHSquicker a great app to check waiting times at A&E and MIU.

"Strongly recommend it and Newton Abbot MIU were fantastic! @TorbaySDevonNHS”.

Votes for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall election were being verified on Thursday night, ahead of the count taking place on Monday.

Ms Hernandez is being challenged again by Labour’s Gareth Derrick, a Plymouth councillor who came a close second in 2016.

The Liberal Democrat candidate is Brian Blake, a former police officer. 

The Green Party contender is Stuart Jackson, who worked as a training officer with Devon and Cornwall Police.