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Party Portrait Name Police area Year elected Year left Reason Independent: Sue Mountstevens: Avon and Somerset: 2012: 2021: Retired Independent: Ann Barnes
In 2021, Poultney was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable and she was appointed Chief Constable in June 2021, [2] succeeding Stephen Watson (who went onto to lead Greater Manchester Police). Poultney is the first woman to hold the position. [3]
[15] [16] Many chief constables saw the role of women as 'Clerks and Chauffeurs' and thought women could possibly be employed as special constables. [17] The chief constable of Wolverhampton wrote an article in Police Review and Parade Ground Gossip in which he listed a range of duties women could undertake within the Force. [18]
[3] [2] There she was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, then in March 2019 to Deputy Chief Constable, in which role she led the initial response to the Essex lorry deaths that October. [3] [4] The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner announced on 30 June that she was his preferred candidate as the next Chief Constable of West Mercia ...
Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives with responsibility for policing in each police area in England and Wales. Each police area elects a commissioner every four years, with the exception of police areas where responsibility for policing has passed to regional mayors such as Greater London and Greater Manchester.
B. Ranulph Bacon; Colin Bailey (police officer) Simon Bailey (police officer) Stanley Bailey; E. C. Stuart Baker; Richard Barratt; Frederick George Beale
Joanna Farrell (born September 1968 [1]) is a British police officer, and current Chief Constable of Police Scotland. On 14 June 2023, it was announced that she had been appointed as Police Scotland's first female Chief Constable. She replaced Sir Iain Livingstone, who retired in August 2023. [2]
Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...