A Tory candidate for a police and crime commissioner seat has been disbarred from taking up the position - even if he wins - because of a 30-year-old drink-driving conviction.
Jonathon Seed was the front runner to become the next Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) role when votes are counted on Monday.
But Tory HQ has now revealed that Mr Seed will not be eligible to take up the position - because he has an old drink-driving conviction.
Mr Seed told the BBC the conviction is more than three decades old and that the party had informed him that he was still eligible to run as a PCC.
Photos of all six PCC candidates l-r Liz Webster (Lib Dem), Jonathon Seed (Cons), Brig Oubridge (Greens), Mike Rees (Independent), Julian Malins QC (Reform UK), Junab Ali (Labour) Voters will head to the polls this Thursday (May 8) to decide who will be the next Police & Crime Commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire. In the last in a series, we asked each candidate what they would do in the role to build good community relationships between residents and Wiltshire Police. Brig Oubridge, who is the candidate for the Green Party, said good relationships are built on trust, and through his proposed advisory panel – which would be made up of 50 per cent women with people of colour included – he would help present the whole community of Wiltshire.
Photos of all six PCC candidates l-r Liz Webster (Lib Dem), Jonathon Seed (Cons), Brig Oubridge (Greens), Mike Rees (Independent), Julian Malins QC (Reform UK), Junab Ali (Labour) Voters will head to the polls this Thursday (May 8) to decide who will be the next Police & Crime Commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire. In the last in a series, we asked each candidate what they would do in the role to build good community relationships between residents and Wiltshire Police. Brig Oubridge, who is the candidate for the Green Party, said good relationships are built on trust, and through his proposed advisory panel – which would be made up of 50 per cent women with people of colour included – he would help present the whole community of Wiltshire.