Jason Ablewhite | |
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner | |
In office 12 May 2016 –11 Nov 2019 | |
Deputy | Andy Coles (2016–2017) Ray Bisby (2018–2019) |
Preceded by | Graham Bright |
Succeeded by | Ray Bisby |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1972 |
Political party | Conservative |
Jason Ablewhite is the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire (PCC),representing the Conservative Party. He is also a former Huntingdonshire district councillor for St Ives. He was elected to the PCC post in the 2016 election,succeeding the previous incumbent,Graham Bright. [1] Ablewhite was elected as a Conservative councillor in St Ives in 2005,and was Conservative leader of the district council for five years before standing down in 2015 to take up the role of PCC. [2]
On 11 November 2019,he resigned as Police and Crime Commissioner following his referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a complaint from a member of the public alleging that Ablewhite had sent her unsolicited indecent photographs of himself via social media. [3] He was succeeded by his deputy,Ray Bisby
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