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  The PCC election will have to be re-run after Tory Party HQ disbarred Mr Seed because of a 30-year-old drink drive conviction Conservative Police & Crime Commissioner candidate, Jonathon Seed THE election for the Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner will have to be re-run after the favourite Jonathon Seed won the election by a landslide 41,929 votes. Mr Seed, the Conservative candidate, polled a total of 100,003 first and second preference votes to win the election. He a...

Webster (LD) 35013 Mr Seed did not attend the count. Wiltshire Council said that it would now consider the next steps to take after taking “appropriate legal advice”. Under the 2011 law setting up the police and crime commissioner election process, a successful candidate has up to two months to sign the “declaration” to take up the role. If that declaration is not signed, the post becomes vacant and another election must be run. The post can also be declared vacant by order of...

• Liz Webster (Liberal Democrats): 35013 The total number of valid first and second preference votes cast for the remaining candidates is: • Jonathon Seed (Conservative): 100,003 • Liz Webster (Liberal Democrats): 58,074 Terence Herbert, Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner Area Returning Officer, said: “The election count for the Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner has been completed today at Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre in Salisbury,...

BBC News Published image copyrightTwitter image captionJonathon Seed was convicted of drink-driving in 1993 which disqualifies him from becoming a police and crime commissioner A new police and crime commissioner (PCC) election will cost more than £1m and will be funded by central government, Wiltshire Council has said. Conservative candidate Jonathon Seed gained the most votes in the Wiltshire PCC on Monday, but due to a historical conviction is ineligible to serve. Returning officer Terence ...

Webster (LD) 35013 Mr Seed did not attend the count. Wiltshire Council said that it would now consider the next steps to take after taking “appropriate legal advice”. Under the 2011 law setting up the police and crime commissioner election process, a successful candidate has up to two months to sign the “declaration” to take up the role. If that declaration is not signed, the post becomes vacant and another election must be run. The post can also be declared vacant by order of...

Jonathon Seed was forced to pull out after the Conservative Party HQ confirmed hed been "disbarred". A 30-year-old conviction for an imprisonable driving offence meant he was ineligible to stand for the police commissioner job.  If the Wiltshire councillor is declared the winner today, it is anticipated the post will remain - or be declared - vacant and Allegations Last night, ITV correspondent Rupert Evelyn revealed that he had asked Mr Seed about whether he had previous convictions e...

Jonathon Seed was forced to pull out after the Conservative Party HQ confirmed hed been "disbarred". A 30-year-old conviction for an imprisonable driving offence meant he was ineligible to stand for the police commissioner job.  If the Wiltshire councillor is declared the winner today, it is anticipated the post will remain - or be declared - vacant and Allegations Last night, ITV correspondent Rupert Evelyn revealed that he had asked Mr Seed about whether he had previous convictions e...

Criminal investigation “should be considered” after PCC candidate’s historic conviction comes to light Police and Crime Commissioner candidates have called for a criminal investigation into Jonathon Seeds actions after the Conservative candidate’s historic conviction came to light. Mr Seed stepped down on Sunday (May 9) after it emerged he was disbarred from taking the office due to a 30-year-old driving offence. Today (May 10) other PCC candidates have been left reeling from th...

Criminal investigation “should be considered” after PCC candidate’s historic conviction comes to light Police and Crime Commissioner candidates have called for a criminal investigation into Jonathon Seeds actions after the Conservative candidate’s historic conviction came to light. Mr Seed stepped down on Sunday (May 9) after it emerged he was disbarred from taking the office due to a 30-year-old driving offence. Today (May 10) other PCC candidates have been left reeling from th...