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Matthew Scott
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
12 May 2016
Preceded byAnn Barnes
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Political partyConservative

Matthew Richard Scott is an English politician, and the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, representing the Conservative Party. He was elected to the post on 5 May 2016 and re-elected in 2021.[1] Before his election to the role of police and crime commissioner he worked for Conservative MP David Evennett as his office manager, and served as a councillor in Bexley from 2006 to 2010. Scott, whose father and brother have both been serving police officers, was chosen as Kent Conservatives' PCC candidate in October 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kent PCC election: Conservative Matthew Scott wins". BBC News. BBC. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ^ Francis, Paul (21 November 2015). "Kent Conservatives pick 31-year-old Matthew Scott from Swanley for police and crime election race". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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