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• 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, and Jonathon Seed, the Conservative Party candidate, has been declared as the winner. “The resu...

Independent councillor Emma Faramarzi, formerly a Conservative, has resigned from the council The only councillor on Swindon Borough Council who is neither a Conservative nor Labour member has resigned. Emma Faramarzi was elected in 2018 as Conservative candidate for Priory Vale and had previously served in the group’s cabinet during her 10 years as a councillor – but she left last year. She has been sitting as an Independent Tory with her partner, former Conservative councillor Oliver Donachie. After Mr Donachie lost his Haydon Wick seat to a Conservative challenger in Thursday�...

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 Herbert is now seeking legal advice and will set out the process for a fresh election. The BBC has a...

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...

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...