Giles Orpen-Smellie | |
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| Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lorne Green |
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| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Giles Orpen-Smellie is the incumbent Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner. He was elected to the post on 8 May 2021, succeeding previous incumbent Lorne Green. He is a member of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal headed by the Ministry of Justice, having served in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army for 34 years.[1]
Biography edit
Police and Crime Commissioner edit
Orphen-Smellie stood in the 2021 election for Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner, which he won on 8 May 2021, taking office on 13 May.[1]
In February 2023, Orphen-Smellie stated that police officers such as David Carrick, a London police officer who was a serial rapist, "tarnish[ed] the reputation" of police officers everywhere, and that in response he would be "going hunting for those officers that don't live up to the high standards, not just [that] Norfolk's Constabulary expects, but Norfolk's public expects of its police force."[2]
Electoral record edit
| 2021 Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner election[3][4] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Giles Orpen-Smellie | 103,980 | 45.08% | 16,014 | 119,994 | 63.31% |
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| Labour | Michael Rosen | 51,056 | 22.14% | 18,496 | 69,552 | 36.69% |
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| Liberal Democrats | John Crofts | 31,666 | 13.73% |
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| Green | Martin Schmierer | 23,469 | 10.18% |
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| Independent | David Moreland | 20,473 | 8.88% |
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| Turnout | 230,644 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Elections 2021: Tory Giles Orpen-Smellie wins Norfolk PCC election". BBC News. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Law-breaking Norfolk police officers to be hunted down - PCC". BBC News. 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Reporter, George Thompson, Local Democracy (8 May 2021). "Giles Orpen-Smellie elected as police and crime commissioner". Eastern Daily Press.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Council, Broadland District. "Police and Crime Commissioner election results May 2021 | Broadland District Council". www.broadland.gov.uk.