Police & Crime Commissioner Elections: Full candidate list for West Mercia
With a force area covering 2,868 square miles, serving 1.19 million people, find out who is standing to serve as Police & Crime Commissioner in the West Mercia police force area, and could eventually be in charge of annual budget of approximately £200 million.
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John Paul Campion - Conservative Candidate - West Mercia PCC
After a background in business, John Paul Campion was elected as a Wyre Forest District Councillor in 2004, and became the authority’s youngest Leader in 2007. He has also worked in the High Security Prison system as an intelligence officer.
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Peter Jewell - UKIP Candidate - West Mercia PCC
Peter Jewell has previously worked as the Chairman of an international management consultancy, serving clients including Coca Cola, Ford, Anglo American, and British Sugar. He is also a Magistrate, has served as a Tribunal Judge, and as a Director and Trustee of the England & Wales Magistrates Association.
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John Watson Raine - Green Party Candidate - West Mercia PCC
John Watson Raine has lived within West Mercia for the past 37 years. He is a professor at Birmingham University specialising in policing and criminal justice. For 20 years he has also served as a local councillor.
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Margaret Rowley - Liberal Democrat Candidate - West Mercia PCC
Margaret Rowley has lived in Worcestershire for 25 years and until recently was employed as a senior manager in the NHS. She has also been an elected councillor for 20 years.
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Barrie Sheldon - Independent Candidate - West Mercia PCC
Barrie Sheldon has worked as Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner for West Mercia since 2012. He has also previously worked as a Police Detective Inspector.
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Daniel Walton - Labour Candidate - West Mercia PCC
Daniel Walton worked for 12 years in the purchasing, manufacture and sale of camping and caravanning products in the UK and across the world. He grew up in Sheffield before completing a degree in Criminology at Bangor University in Wales in 1998. He stood as Labour’s candidate for West Worcestershire in the 2015 General Election.
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