David Charles Jamieson is a British politician who served as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Devonport from 1992 to 2005 and a Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councillor from 2010 to 2014.
Bedfordshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England,which includes the unitary authorities of Bedford,Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Its headquarters are in the town of Kempston in Bedford Borough.
Mid Bedfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Blake Stephenson of the Conservative Party since the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
Nadine Vanessa Dorries is a British author and a former politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from 2021 to 2022. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Bedfordshire from 2005 to 2023 for the Conservative Party.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth,Corby and Manchester Central,and a mayoral election in Bristol.
Oliver James Martins is a British politician. He served as the Labour and Co-operative Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016.
Katy Elizabeth Bourne is a Conservative politician who has served as the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner since winning the inaugural election in Sussex in November 2012. In 2016 and 2021 she was re-elected for her second and third terms in office. In May 2024 she was elected for a fourth term of office,securing 122,495 votes and a significantly narrowed majority of 23,000 on a turn-out of 24.2%.
John Dwyer is a former police officer who served as the Conservative Party Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024,and previously from 2012 to 2016.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright,the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head of children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010,while events surrounding the scandal were taking place. The Labour candidate,Alan Billings,was elected.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner for the Gwent Police area,comprising Newport,Caerphilly,Blaenau Gwent,Torfaen and Monmouthshire. The current commissioner is Jane Mudd,who represents the Labour Party. The post was first elected in November 2012 and replaced the Gwent Police Authority as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
The Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Nottinghamshire Police in the English County of Nottinghamshire.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021,on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England. This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have been held. The elections were originally due to take place in May 2020 but were postponed by 12 months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Turnout was an average of 34.1% across the elections,with Wales having much higher turnout mainly due to the simultaneous Senedd election held across Wales,whereas only parts of England had simultaneous local elections.
Angelique Foster is a British politician who was elected Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.
Mark Grosvenor McNeill Shelford is a British Conservative politician and former lieutenant colonel in the British Army,who served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 until 2024.
Andrew James Snowden is a British Conservative Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for Fylde at the 2024 general election.
Stephen Mark Turner a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024. He was elected on 13 May 2021,for the Conservative Party. He was replaced by Matthew Stephen Storey in May 2024.
A by-election took place on 19 October 2023 in the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Mid Bedfordshire. It took place on the same day as the 2023 Tamworth by-election.
Alistair Luke Strathern is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hitchin since 2024. He previously served as MP for Mid Bedfordshire after winning a by-election in 2023.
John Tizard is a Labour Party politician who was elected Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2024 election.
