Matt Storey is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner since 2024. [1] He defeated Steve Turner of the Conservative Party, the incumbent since 2021. [1]
Storey pledged to give every community a named police officer as part of a plan to bring back community policing, fund domestic abuse support workers, set up a retail crime strategy, get rough sleepers off the streets and into permanent housing alongside providing drug treatment and mental health support, and to always act with integrity in office. [2]
He worked for the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough, Andy McDonald, from 2012 to 2024 and served as a councillor on Middlesbrough Council representing Central ward between 2016 and 2024. [3]
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