Local Conservative is Party’s Candidate for Staffordshire P.C.C. Election

Sunday, July 15th, 2012

Local Conservative County Councillor Matthew Ellis (Lichfield Rural East) has been named as the Party’s candidate for the role of Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner.

Cllr Ellis was chosen by the party membership of Staffordshire from a short list of three excellent candidates to run in the P.C.C. election to be held in November 2012.

Cllr Ellis has been a County Councillor since 2005 and the Cabinet Member for Adults Well Being since 2009.  Matthew was also on Lichfield District Council from 2003 until he stepped down in 2011 where he was a Cabinet member and Deputy Leader.

The new Police and Crime Commissioner will be able to hire and fire Chief Constables, hold them to account and set the force’s budgets and will be answerable to the residents of the county through four yearly elections.