Susan Dungworth | |
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![]() Dungworth attending the Labour North regional conference in 2024 | |
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria | |
Assumed office 8 May 2024 | |
Deputy | Councillor Clare Penny-Evans |
Preceded by | Kim McGuinness |
Leader of the Northumberland Labour Group Leader of the Opposition on Northumberland County Council | |
In office 19 April 2019 –6 May 2021 | |
Deputy | Scott Dickinson |
Preceded by | Grant Davey |
Succeeded by | Scott Dickinson |
Member of Northumberland County Council for Hartley | |
In office 4 May 2017 –6 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Anita Romer |
Succeeded by | David Ferguson |
Chair of Seaton Valley Community Council for Hartley | |
In office May 2021 –May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Stanners |
Succeeded by | Sue Bowman |
Personal details | |
Born | Susan Elizabeth Dungworth Manchester England |
Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Website | https://northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/ |
Susan Dungworth is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024,when she succeeded Kim McGuinness. She was a councillor until 2021,when she lost her seat. [1]
Dungworth is a former youth justice worker and community activist. [2] In the 2019 United Kingdom general election,she was the Labour candidate in Blyth Valley. [3] She was defeated by Conservative candidate Ian Levy. [4]
She was previously Leader of the Northumberland Labour Group but in 2021 she lost her seat in Hartley,with the outcome of the vote decided by a rare ballot box draw after she tied with Conservative candidate David Ferguson after they both received 868 votes each. [5]
In November 2024,Susan Dungworth announced the creation of a digital resource to help combat the influence of misogyny (via,for example,manosphere culture,hate speech and rape culture) on young people. [6] This is a continuation of a programme initiated by her predecessor as Police and Crime Commissioner,Kim McGuinness,in collaboration with Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland. [7]