David Sidwick

David Sidwick
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 May 2021
Preceded byMartyn Underhill
Majority26,926
Personal details
BornBournemouth
Political partyConservative
Websitewww.sidwick4dorset.org.uk

David John Sidwick is a British politician who was elected as the Conservative Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.[1] He succeeded Martyn Underhill who did not run for re-election.[2] He is the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ joint co-lead on substance misuse.[3] He previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry and has called for cannabis to re-classified from Class B to Class A in the UK. [4] He is the co-founder and managing director of STAC Consultancy Ltd and was a therapy director for pharmaceutical company Pfizer.[5]

Sidwick was chairman of the Bournemouth West Conservative Association.[6] Sidwick was re-elected in the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.[7]

Personal life

Sidwick was born and raised in Bournemouth. He was the chair of Governors at Bournemouth School between 2010-2021. [8]

References

  1. ^ "Elections 2021: Conservative David Sidwick is new Dorset PCC". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Conservative candidate David Sidwick is new Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "David Sidwick – my first 100 days (part one)". Dorset Police. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Make cannabis Class A drug, say Conservative police commissioners". BBC News. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "First candidate for commissioner elections announced (but will Martyn Underhill stand again?)". Dorset Echo. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. ^ "'It has been an honour' - Bournemouth's only UKIP councillor switches sides". Bournemouth Echo. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner election results (2 May 2024)". BCP. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ "David Sidwick: One year on as Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner". Bournemouth Echo. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.


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