Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent
Gary Godden
since 3 May 2024
Police and crime commissioner of Nottinghamshire Police
Reports toNottinghamshire Police and Crime Panel
AppointerElectorate of Nottinghamshire
Term lengthFour years
Constituting instrumentPolice Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
PrecursorNottinghamshire Police Authority
Inaugural holderPaddy Tipping
Formation22 November 2012
Salary£78,400 (as of April 2022)[1]
Websitewww.nottinghamshire.pcc.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

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.

The incumbent is Gary Godden, representing the Labour Party.

History[edit]

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.[2][3][4]

Elections for the third term were scheduled for 6 May 2021, having been postponed from May 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions,[5][6] with the Conservative Party fielding a candidate for the first time in Caroline Henry, wife of Conservative MP Darren Henry.[7]

The final candidate was confirmed as David Watts, 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.[8]

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.[9][10] In late 2021, Henry announced the appointment of Sharon Caddell as "interim CEO".[11][12]

As of January 2022, recruitment was underway for a Chief Executive Officer with a salary of £86,630.[13]

List of Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioners[edit]

Name Political party From To
Paddy Tipping Labour 22 November 2012[2] 12 May 2021[4]
Caroline Henry Conservative 13 May 2021[14] 8 May 2024
Gary Godden Labour 9 May 2024 Incumbent

References[edit]

  1. ^ Financial Documents Nottinghamshire Police. Retrieved 7 January 2022
  2. ^ a b Nottinghamshire PCC election: Labour's Paddy Tipping wins BBC News Nottingham, 16 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2021
  3. ^ Five in running for crime post. Chad, 13 April 2016, p.36. Accessed 7 January 2022
  4. ^ a b Nottinghamshire Paddy Tipping re-elected as Nottinghamshire PCC BBC News, 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021
  5. ^ Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year BBC News, 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021
  6. ^ Forthcoming elections - Elections in 2021 Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 9 February 2021
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ Candidates revealed for one of the top jobs at Nottinghamshire Police Nottinghamshire Live, 9 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ Nottinghamshire police boss scraps deputy role to save money BBC News, 26 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022
  11. ^ Formal Notification of Temporary arrangements for an Interim Chief Executive Nottinghamshire.gov, 14 December 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ Chief Executive Officer North Yorkshire resourcing. Retrieved 7 January 2022
  14. ^ Truslove, Ben (3 May 2022). "Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2022.