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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 announced that he would have to withdraw after being disbarred by the Tory Party HQ in London because...

Police chief poll may be re-run because of winner's historic driving conviction Conservative Party candidate Jonathon Seed was elected in Wiltshire and Swindon but will not be able to take up the post The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Grimsby Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslette...

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 the High Court. Mike Rees, who ran for the role as an independent, said there “needs to be a co...

He added: “The strategic direction of Wiltshire Police, and its priorities, have already been set by the outgoing PCC and the current Police and Crime plan remains in place until the end of the financial year. Responsibility for implementing this through operational policing, and the day-to-day running of the Force, remains with the Chief Constable, Kier Pritchard. “Equally as the precept has already been determined and the budget is in place, the planned officer recruitment and staffing will continue, alongside any OPCC commissioned or funded services – which also remain in place.�...

The election for Wiltshire and Swindon police and crime commissioner may need to be re-run after the race was won by a candidate who withdrew over a historic driving conviction. Conservative Party candidate Jonathon Seed received 40% of the vote in the first round and was elected after it went to a second ballot, but will not be able to take up the post. In a statement released after the result was declared, the election’s returning officer Terence Herbert said he would be considering the next steps after taking appropriate legal advice. Mr Herbert said: “The election has been called and ...