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]

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

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

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

References

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  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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