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NORTH Wales’ former Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has made a formal complaint questioning the political impartiality and integrity of the…

Former PCC Arfon Jones and (inset) Pat Astbury NORTH Wales’ former Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has made a formal complaint questioning the political impartiality and integrity of the person chairing the position’s scrutiny panel. Arfon Jones says the North Wales Police and Crime Panel (NWPCP), which scrutinises the work of the PCC, cannot be politically balanced because chairman Pat Astbury stood as a Conservative candidate to replace him. He also questioned Mrs Astbury’s in...

Former PCC Arfon Jones and (inset) Pat Astbury NORTH Wales’ former Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has made a formal complaint questioning the political impartiality and integrity of the person chairing the position’s scrutiny panel. Arfon Jones says the North Wales Police and Crime Panel (NWPCP), which scrutinises the work of the PCC, cannot be politically balanced because chairman Pat Astbury stood as a Conservative candidate to replace him. He also questioned Mrs Astbury’s in...

Andy Dunbobbin the new PCC for North Wales is sworn in after his Pic: Jez Hemming (clear for use by all partners) Labour’s Andy Dunbobbin has taken the vacant Police and Crime Commissioner role in North Wales after a nail-biting run-off. He won with 98,034 overall votes defeating Conservative rival Pat by 7,885 votes after second preference ballots were added in. Speaking in Connah’s Quay, where the results were announced, he said: “I take this role seriously. “I understand I wi...

Labours Andy Dunbobbin elected as new North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Welsh Labour’s Dunbobbin won with a total of 98,034 votes 17:12, 9 MAY 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in...

Updated: Sun 9th May North Wales will have a new Police and Crime Commissioner today. Updates below… Some detail on how close the first vote was – where will the second preferences go? *Provisional results from first round. Mark Young – Independent: 15,907 Andy Dunbobbin – Labour: 69,455 Lisa Wilkins – Lib Dem: 10,149 Pat Astbury – Conservative: 75,476 Ann Griffith – Plaid: 67,672 Turnout: 46.86% up on last time out (41.6%)#NorthWalesPCC2021 — Conwy and Denbighshire Local Democ...

Welsh polling station. A printing error has been blamed on a North Wales regional candidate being omitted from tens of thousands of ballot papers across Gwynedd and Anglesey. The relevant returning officers have confirmed that the advice of the Electoral Commission was sought as a result of the error which saw Michelle Brown’s name failing to appear on the ballot papers of voters living in the Ynys Môn and Arfon constituencies. Ms Brown, who is based in Staffordshire, was elected as o...

BBC News Published Counting of votes to elect 60 politicians to sit in the Welsh Parliament has started. Long queues were seen outside polling stations as the polls officially closed at 22:00 BST on Thursday. With counting delayed until Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic most results are expected to be declared in the afternoon and early evening. Voting also took place for four police and crime commissioners - those ballots will be counted on Sunday. As the polls closed for voting across Wa...

The Senedd, Cardiff DUE to a local printing error, the Senedd North Wales Regional Ballot Papers for the constituencies in Gwynedd and Ynys Môn do not include the final listed candidate - Michelle Brown, Independent. Voters are being advised of this error as they attend their local polling stations, and are still being given the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice from the full list of nominated parties and candidates. A joint statement, by the Regional Returning Office...

Wales election candidate missed-off ballot after printing error Published image captionMichelle Brown sat as a UKIP MS in the last Welsh Parliament until she resigned in 2019 to sit as an independent An independent Welsh Parliament election candidate whose name was left off some ballot papers has called the error "an affront to democracy". Some voting papers for the regional north Wales seat did not include a box for independent Michelle Brown. Returning officers said it was a "printing error" ...