The previous holder of the office, Conservative Jason Ablewhite, resigned in late 2019 following a complaint made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over allegations which related to messages allegedly sent to an adult member of the public over Facebook.
Following an investigation, the Crown Prosecution Service announced no further action would be taken, and Mr Ablewhite was not prosecuted, and at no point was he arrested or charged with an offence.
Conservative Darryl Preston on winning the Cambs and Peterborough PCC vote: pic.twitter.com/YlsgbDUJhf Ben Hatton (@BenHattonJourno) May 8, 2021
Mr Preston, when asked if his victory will start a new chapter for the office following the controversy, said: “Well, I am me.
Cambridgeshire PCC election results: Conservativeâs Darryl Preston elected as police and crime commissioner
Labourâs Nicky Massey came second, with first and second preference votes totalling 102,195, 47.24 per cent
Darryl Preston has been elected as the new police and crime commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
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Cambridge local election results: Labour Party has retained control of Cambridge City Council
The Labour group won 27 seats, increasing its majority
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The Labour Party has retained control of Cambridge City Council and increased its majority by one seat in a rare full council election.
Darryl Preston is a former senior police officer, who served for 10 years with the Metropolitan Police and 20 years in Cambridgeshire.
After retiring from the police force, Mr Preston became a senior official at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) in Westminster.
Nicky Massey, Labour
Councillor Nicky Massey is a domestic abuse survivor and campaigner, who is chair and host of domestic abuse forums and conferences.
She has been working in crime prevention and helped co-design the operation against county lines drug dealing – Op Carmel – as well as cycle prime prevention.
Rupert Moss-Eccardt, Liberal Democrats
Rupert Moss-Eccardt is a security and policing professional, who currently provides cyber advice to UK police forces. He was part of the team that established the National Centre for Policing Excellence.
Nominations are in for Cambridgeshire County Council elections and names will be officially announced today
| Updated: 11:14, 09 April 2021
Candidates vying for your votes next month in the local elections will be announced later this afternoon (Friday).
While the exact details of who is standing have yet to be disclosed reports suggest that this year s vote for new county councillors will see a bumper crop of candidates.
All three of the major parties are expected to fight all nine seats available for our area on Cambridgeshire County Council with the Green party confirming they will be fighting many of them too including in Chatteris, March and Whittlesey.