David Sidwick
David Sidwick | |
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Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 13 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Martyn Underhill |
Majority | 26,926 |
Personal details | |
Born | Bournemouth |
Political party | Conservative |
Website | www |
David John Sidwick is a British politician who was elected as the Conservative Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.[1] He succeeded Martyn Underhill who did not run for re-election.[2] He is the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ joint co-lead on substance misuse.[3] He previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry and has called for cannabis to re-classified from Class B to Class A in the UK. [4] He is the co-founder and managing director of STAC Consultancy Ltd and was a therapy director for pharmaceutical company Pfizer.[5]
Sidwick was chairman of the Bournemouth West Conservative Association.[6] Sidwick was re-elected in the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.[7]
Personal life
Sidwick was born and raised in Bournemouth.[8]
References
- ^ "Elections 2021: Conservative David Sidwick is new Dorset PCC". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Conservative candidate David Sidwick is new Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "David Sidwick – my first 100 days (part one)". Dorset Police. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Make cannabis Class A drug, say Conservative police commissioners". BBC News. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "First candidate for commissioner elections announced (but will Martyn Underhill stand again?)". Dorset Echo. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "'It has been an honour' - Bournemouth's only UKIP councillor switches sides". Bournemouth Echo. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner election results (2 May 2024)". BCP. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "David Sidwick: One year on as Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner". Bournemouth Echo. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
External links
- David Sidwick official website
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commissioners in England
- Avon and Somerset: Clare Moody
- Bedfordshire: John Tizard
- Cambridgeshire: Darryl Preston
- Cheshire: Dan Price
- Cleveland: Matt Storey
- Derbyshire: Nicolle Ndiweni
- Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Alison Hernandez
- Dorset: David Sidwick
- Durham: Joy Allen
- Gloucestershire: Chris Nelson
- Hampshire & Isle of Wight: Donna Jones
- Hertfordshire: Jonathan Ash-Edwards
- Humberside: Jonathan Evison
- Kent: Matthew Scott
- Lancashire: Clive Grunshaw
- Leicestershire: Rupert Matthews
- Lincolnshire: Marc Jones
- Merseyside: Emily Spurrell
- Norfolk: Sarah Taylor
- Northumbria: Susan Dungworth
- Nottinghamshire: Gary Godden
- Suffolk: Tim Passmore
- Surrey: Lisa Townsend
- Sussex: Katy Bourne
- Thames Valley: Matthew Barber
- Warwickshire: Philip Seccombe
- West Mercia: John Campion
- West Midlands: Simon Foster
- Wiltshire: Philip Wilkinson
commissioners in England
- Cumbria: David Allen
- Essex: Roger Hirst
- Northamptonshire: Danielle Stone
- Staffordshire: Ben Adams
commissioners in Wales
- Dyfed-Powys: Dafydd Llywelyn
- Gwent: Jane Mudd
- North Wales: Andy Dunbobbin
- South Wales: Emma Wools
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