Jonathon Seed was
forced to pull out after the Conservative Party HQ confirmed he d been disbarred . A 30-year-old conviction for an imprisonable driving offence meant he was ineligible to stand for the police commissioner job. If the Wiltshire councillor is declared the winner today, it is anticipated the post will remain - or be declared - vacant and
Allegations Last night, ITV correspondent Rupert Evelyn revealed that he had asked Mr Seed about whether he had previous convictions eight days before polling day. In the footage, the candidate refuses to answer the question - saying he will not engage with ITV News.
Jonathon Seed was
forced to pull out after the Conservative Party HQ confirmed he d been disbarred . A 30-year-old conviction for an imprisonable driving offence meant he was ineligible to stand for the police commissioner job. If the Wiltshire councillor is declared the winner today, it is anticipated the post will remain - or be declared - vacant and
Allegations Last night, ITV correspondent Rupert Evelyn revealed that he had asked Mr Seed about whether he had previous convictions eight days before polling day. In the footage, the candidate refuses to answer the question - saying he will not engage with ITV News.
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’s role is one of integrity and the rules of engagement are the same as they have been for the last nine years.
By Matthew Mclaughlin and Kirsten Robertson
An officer on the beat in Devizes during lockdown ALL four declared candidates for the role of Wiltshire s Police and Crime Commissioner say they see fighting off the County Lines drug dealers and scaring hardened criminals away from the county’s borders as one of their top priorities The role was created to replace police authorities, and those elected are meant to give communities a voice in local policing to reflect what they want. Conservative Jonathon Seed is standing in the Wiltshire and Swindon PCC elections on May 6 2021. Cllr Seed, who represents Summerham and Seend on Wiltshire Council, has also promised 100 extra police officers for the region, in a bid to increase visibility.