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 integrity after two minor breaches of electoral law during the campaign. She eventually lost the race to become PCC to Labour’s Andy Dunbobbin, after a run-off and is now in charge of the panel which scrutinises his work.
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 integrity after two minor breaches of electoral law during the campaign. She eventually lost the race to become PCC to Labour’s Andy Dunbobbin, after a run-off and is now in charge of the panel which scrutinises his work.
Conservative PCC candidate reported for breaking election rules for a second time
She made it clear she had no input into the election material, which had been produced by the Conservative Party
05:00, 4 MAY 2021
Conservative candidate for North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Pat Astbury (Image: Pat Astbury)
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