Nottinghamshire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Elected official responsible for effective law enforcement in Nottinghamshire

The Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Nottinghamshire Police in the English County of Nottinghamshire.

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The incumbent is Caroline Henry, representing the Conservative Party, who was returned in May 2021 with 138,658 votes. Paddy Tipping representing the Labour Party was returned in second place, polling 131,302 votes.[2]

Following the election of Henry, within days changes were instigated to scrap the role of Deputy Commissioner, citing a potential saving of up to £78,000.[3][4] In late 2021, Henry announced the appointment of Sharon Caddell as "interim CEO".[5][6]

As of January 2022, recruitment was underway for a Chief Executive Officer with a salary of £86,630.[7]

History

The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Nottinghamshire Police Authority. The inaugural incumbent Paddy Tipping was returned in 2012 and again in 2016.[8][9][10]

Elections for the third term were scheduled for 6 May 2021, having been postponed from May 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions,[11][12] with the Conservative Party fielding a candidate for the first time in Caroline Henry, wife of Conservative MP Darren Henry.[13]

The final candidate was confirmed as David Watt, a solicitor and a Nottinghamshire local Liberal Democrat ward councillor at Broxtowe Borough Council, with the Lib Dems also fielding a candidate for the first time.[14]

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References

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    Financial Documents Nottinghamshire Police. Retrieved 7 January 2022
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    Paddy Tipping on losing Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner job Nottinghamshire Live, 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021
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    New police and crime commissioner scraps deputy role in move to save as much as £78k Nottinghamshire Live, 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022
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    Nottinghamshire police boss scraps deputy role to save money BBC News, 26 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022
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    Formal Notification of Temporary arrangements for an Interim Chief Executive Nottinghamshire.gov, 14 December 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022
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    Sharon Caddell as the new interim CEO of the Office of the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Caroline Henry at Facebook, 15 December 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022 (registration required)
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    Chief Executive Officer North Yorkshire resourcing. Retrieved 7 January 2022
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    Nottinghamshire PCC election: Labour's Paddy Tipping wins BBC News Nottingham, 16 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2021
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    Five in running for crime post. Chad, 13 April 2016, p.36. Accessed 7 January 2022
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    Nottinghamshire Paddy Tipping re-elected as Nottinghamshire PCC BBC News, 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021
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    Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year BBC News, 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021
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    Forthcoming elections - Elections in 2021 Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2021
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    Businesswoman Caroline Henry to stand as Conservative candidate against Paddy Tipping in May’s Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election Newark Advertiser, 10 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021
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    Candidates revealed for one of the top jobs at Nottinghamshire Police Nottinghamshire Live, 9 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021
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    Truslove, Ben (3 May 2022). "Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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