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Jane Mudd
Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner
Assuming office
9 May 2024
SucceedingJeffrey Cuthbert
Leader of Newport City Council
Assumed office
18 November 2019
Personal details
Political partyLabour and Co-operative Party

Jane Mudd (born October 1968) is a Welsh politician for the Labour and Co-operative Party, serving as Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner since 2024 and Newport City Councillor for Malpas since 2012. She also serves as the Welsh Local Government Association spokesperson on Community Safety[1], representing all 22 local authorities, and co-chairs the Wales Community Safety Board.

In 2019, she was selected as Leader of Newport City Council.[2]

In May 2024, Mudd succeeded Jeff Cuthbert as Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner, and became the first woman to hold a police commissioner role in Wales.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jane Helen Mudd". Choose My Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Newport council leader confirms she will quit if she is elected as Gwent's PCC". South Wales Argus. 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, Rhys (3 May 2024). "Labour's Jane Mudd elected police and crime commissioner for Gwent". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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