Matthew Barber | |
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Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner | |
Assumed office 13 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Anthony Stansfield |
Thames Valley Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner | |
In office 16 December 2016 –12 May 2021 | |
Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council | |
In office 2011–2018 | |
Preceded by | Tony de Vere |
Succeeded by | Roger Cox |
Councillor for Steventon and the Hanneys (Faringdon and the Coxwells 2003-2015) | |
In office May 2003 –14 March 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Sally Povolotsky |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 February 1981 |
Political party | Conservative |
Website | www.matthewbarber.co.uk |
Matthew David Barber [1] (born 16 February 1981) is a British politician. He is currently Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner. He previously served as Leader of the Council on Vale of White Horse District Council and Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police.
Matthew Barber was first elected to Vale of White Horse District Council on 1 May 2003 as Councillor for the Faringdon &The Coxwells Ward. Whilst the Conservatives were in opposition he became Group Whip and subsequently opposition finance spokesman. In 2004 he was elected unopposed to Faringdon Town Council. He was re-elected to the District Council in 2007.
In 2009 Barber became Leader of the Opposition following the resignation of Melinda Tilley as Conservative Group Leader. Following his marriage in 2010 he moved to West Hanney and stood for election in the Hanneys Ward. At the 2011 local elections the Conservatives took control of the District Council and Barber became Leader of the council. [2] [3]
As leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council he has been nominated as a Director of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. [4] Barber is also Chairman of the Vale4Business partnership as well as being a member of other organisations such as the Oxfordshire Growth Board,which seeks to deliver significant housing and economic growth across Oxfordshire. [5] [6]
In late 2016 the Thames Valley Police &Crime Commissioner,Anthony Stansfeld,announced the appointment of Barber as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner. [7]
As Council Leader,Barber was amongst five district council leaders to launch a controversial proposal for unitary authorities in Oxfordshire. With the backing of the then Prime Minister David Cameron the District Council leaders proposed the abolition of Oxfordshire County Council and its replacement with a series of smaller unitary authorities. [8] [9]
Barber spent his early life in Faringdon,Oxfordshire. He was educated at Ferndale School and Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire before reading Politics &Philosophy at Brunel University in Middlesex. After graduating from university he worked briefly for John Randall,then Member of Parliament for Uxbridge before returning to Oxfordshire.
Barber lives in the village of West Hanney,near Wantage,with his wife and their two young children.
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Wantage is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire,England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire,it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook,8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon,24 miles (39 km) north-west of Reading,15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford and 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Newbury.
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Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse,Oxfordshire,England,18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford,10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wantage and 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. It extends to the River Thames in the north;the highest ground is on the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was Berkshire's westernmost town until the 1974 boundary changes transferred its administration to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is formally known as Great Faringdon,to distinguish it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census gave a population of 7,121;it was estimated at 7,992 in 2019. On 1 February 2004,Faringdon became the first place in south-east England to be awarded Fairtrade Town status.
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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.
Vale of White Horse District Council is the local authority for the Vale of White Horse,a non-metropolitan district in the south-west of Oxfordshire,England,that was created on 1 April 1974.
The Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is a police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Thames Valley Police in the ceremonial English counties of Berkshire,Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Thames Valley Police Authority. The current incumbent is Matthew Barber,who represents the Conservative Party.
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