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THE CURRENT police and crime commissioner and candidates for the role have registered their shock at Jonathon Seed's withdrawl from the race.
An investigation is underway into the controversy surrounding the election of Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner. Conservative Party candidate Jonathon Seed received 40% of the vote in the first round and was elected after the second ballot was counted, but he will not able to take up the post after withdrawing because of an historic driving conviction. Wiltshire Police has now asked Thames Valley Police to lead an external, independent investigation into the matter. The force said: "We have asked another police force to lead on this work to ensure independent oversight and to remove a...
THE CURRENT police and crime commissioner and candidates for the role have registered their shock at Jonathon Seed's withdrawal from the race. The Conservative frontrunner announced he was pulling out of the election after it emerged party bosses had "disbarred" him from taking up the role if he were elected tomorrow. Coun Seed was said to have a driving conviction which by law disqualified him from holding the office of police and crime commissioner. Reacting to the news, Conservative Angus Macpherson, the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire, said: “The PCC...