Michael John Mates is a Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of East Hampshire from 1974 to 2010. He was a minister at the Northern Ireland Office from 1992 to 1993,resigning after his support for failed businessman Asil Nadir damaged his reputation. After his long career at Westminster,Mates lost the election for police commissioner in Hampshire in August 2012.
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name,built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version,with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines,British-made anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully computerised flight control system. The Sea King was primarily designed for performing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. A Sea King variant known as the Commando was devised by Westland to serve as a troop transport.
The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use. First flown in 1987,it was developed by a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the United Kingdom and Agusta in Italy in response to national requirements for a modern naval utility helicopter. Several operators,including the armed forces of Britain,Denmark,and Portugal,use the name Merlin for their AW101 aircraft. It is manufactured at factories in Yeovil,England and Vergiate,Italy;licensed assembly work has also taken place in Japan and the United States.
Sir John William Frederic Nott is a former British Conservative Party politician. He was a senior politician of the late 1970s and early 1980s,playing a prominent role as Secretary of State for Defence during the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands and subsequent Falklands War.
Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of 3,967 square miles (10,270 km2).
Number 22 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is an operational testing and evaluation squadron for all the Joint Helicopter Command helicopter types including Chinook,Puma HC2,Merlin HC4,Apache and Wildcat AH1. Formerly the Rotary Wing Operational Evaluation and Training Unit,the highly experienced helicopter aircrew will also ensure frontline crews have Qualified Warfare Instructors to support them on operations worldwide. The squadron was reformed in May 2020 to serve as the Joint Helicopter Command Operational Evaluation Unit.
Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is a Royal Navy airbase near Helston on the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall UK,and is one of the largest helicopter bases in Europe. Its main role is serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line AgustaWestland Merlin helicopter squadrons.
Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in the south-west of England,which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council,and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader,is a British politician and retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He was the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 until 2016. He served in the RAF from 1972 to 2009 and was the first Commander-in-Chief Air Command.
771 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 24 May 1939 at Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit with 14 Fairey Swordfish TSR biplanes. The Squadron carried out various exercises with ships and provided towed targets for naval air gunners and was decommissioned on 22 March 2016.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John GCB was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. He was a pioneer in the Fleet Air Arm and fought in the Second World War in a cruiser taking part in the Atlantic convoys,participating in the Norwegian campaign and transporting arms around the Cape of Good Hope to Egypt for use in the western desert campaign. His war service continued as Director-General of Naval Aircraft Production,as naval air attachéat the British embassy in Washington D.C. and then as Commanding Officer of two aircraft carriers. He went on to serve as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the early 1960s. In that capacity he was primarily concerned with plans for the building of the new CVA-01 aircraft-carriers.
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope,is a retired Royal Navy officer. After serving as a submarine commander,he commanded a frigate and then commanded an aircraft carrier on operational patrol off Sierra Leone. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and then Commander-in-Chief Fleet. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff,the professional head of the Royal Navy,from July 2009 to April 2013. In this role he advised the British Government on the deployment of naval forces during operations around Libya. He was succeeded by Admiral Sir George Zambellas in April 2013.
814 Naval Air Squadron or 814 NAS,nicknamed the Flying Tigers,is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It is currently equipped with the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare helicopter and is based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall. The squadron was formed in December 1938 and has been disbanded and reformed several times.
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew John Noble Graham,5th Baronet,is the Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and was Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
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.
Nicholas Kenneth Alston is a former Conservative Essex Police and Crime Commissioner.
Kevin Barry Hurley,TD is a British politician and former police officer. He was the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner between November 2012 and May 2016. He previously served in the Metropolitan Police,reaching the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. He was also an officer of the Territorial Army,serving first in the Parachute Regiment and then in the Royal Military Police.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
Alison Hernandez is a British politician,and the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall,representing the Conservative Party. She was elected to the post on 5 May 2016,succeeding the previous incumbent,Tony Hogg. She was re-elected in 2021.
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 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were therefore held in May 2021,a year later than originally scheduled. Turnout was an average of 33.2% across the elections,with Wales having much higher turnout.
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