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Donna Jones
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 May 2021
Preceded byMichael Lane
Leader of the Portsmouth City Council
In office
4 June 2014 – 12 June 2018
Preceded byGerald Vernon-Jackson (LD)
Succeeded byGerald Vernon-Jackson (LD)
Member of Portsmouth City Council for Hilsea Ward
In office
1 May 2008 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byJeremy Baler (Con)
Succeeded byDaniel Wemyss (Con)
Personal details
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyConservative

Donna Jones is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2021.[1] She was the youngest member of the judiciary in England and Wales when appointed to be a magistrate in 2005.[2]

Early life and education

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Jones was born in May 1977[3] in Portsmouth.[4] She was educated in Portsmouth, attending Havant College[4] and a local further education college, where she passed three A levels.[4] She was offered a place to study at Cardiff University.[4]

Political career

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Jones was a councillor for Hilsea on Portsmouth City Council from 1 May 2008 to 6 May 2021. From June 2014 to June 2018, she was Leader of the council, taking over from Gerald Vernon-Jackson, a Liberal Democrat, when there was a change of political control. He returned to the job in 2018.

While she was leader of the Conservative administration at Portsmouth council, Jones advised Portsmouth F.C. as strategic stadium development consultant.[5] The council also launched an energy company, Victory Energy, which entered into a £100,000 sponsorship deal with Portsmouth F.C.[6] In 2020 Victory Energy was wound up with losses of £3.5 million,[6] following attempts by the council to sell the company.[7]

In the 2019 general election, while still serving as a councillor, Jones was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Portsmouth South. During the campaign, she received criticism from political opponents for flying in a plane over the constituency, with a banner attached stating "Vote Donna Jones - Get Brexit Done", instead of attending a candidates' hustings on climate change.[8]

Jones remained as a councillor and as leader of the Conservative group in Portsmouth until the 2021 Portsmouth City Council election on 6 May, when she stood down. However, in the 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections on the same day, Jones was elected as Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.[9] Jones was re-elected in the 2024 election.[10]

On 3 August 2024, in response to riots in some UK cities, she issued a media release which the Independent reported "appears to justify far-right riots", in which she said: "I've spoken to people from both sides of the spectrum and the only way to stem the tide of violent disorder is to acknowledge what is causing it", continuing, "Arresting people, or creating violent disorder units, is treating the symptom and not the cause".[11] She also linked the disturbances to what she said is "mass uncontrolled immigration", and said that the rioters were seeking to "uphold British values".[12][13] This media release was subsequently removed from the Police and Crime Commission's website,[11] having generated widespread criticism, including calls for Jones to resign.[14]

Electoral history

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Police and Crime Commissioner

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2021 Hampshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round[15][16][17]
Conservative Donna Jones 262,667 49.84% 50,326 312,993 68.23%
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Labour Co-op Tony Bunday 101,832 19.32% 43,919 145,751 31.77%
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Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy 93,581 17.76%
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Hampshire Independents Steve James-Bailey 68,895 13.07%
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Turnout 526,975 36.19%
Conservative hold

Donna Jones won every counting area in Hampshire,[17][18] with the closest being the traditionally-Labour City of Southampton, where she won by 877 votes.

Parliamentary

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General election 2019: Portsmouth South[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Morgan 23,068 48.6 +7.6
Conservative Donna Jones 17,705 37.3 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Gerald Vernon-Jackson 5,418 11.4 −5.9
Brexit Party John Kennedy 994 2.1 New
JAC Steven George 240 0.5 New
Majority 5,363 11.3 +7.9
Turnout 47,425 63.9 0.0
Labour hold Swing +3.9

Portsmouth City Council

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Hilsea Ward, 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donna Jones* 1,566 54.6 +10.2
Labour Silvi Veale 922 32.1 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Julie Spurgeon 380 13.2 −0.7
Majority 644 22.5 +19.8
Turnout 2,868 27.9 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing 9.9% Lab to Con
Hilsea Ward, 2012[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donna Jones 1,207 44.4 −16.3
Labour Sue Castillon 1,133 41.7 +22.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Dodd 379 13.9 +1.9
Majority 74 2.7 −39.1
Turnout 2,719 26.3 −4.1
Conservative hold Swing 19.6% Con to Lab
Hilsea Ward, 2008[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donna Jones 1,804 60.7 +9.4
Labour Michelle Treacher 562 18.9 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Fred Holliday 357 12.0 −10.3
English Democrat Matthew Clark 243 8.2 +8.2
Majority 1,242 41.8 +8.7
Turnout 2,973 30.4 −2.7
Conservative hold Swing 8.4% Lab to Con

References

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  1. ^ "Conservative Donna Jones elected Hampshire police commissioner". BBC News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "National Lead for Victims and Serious Organised Crime for the Association for Police and Crime Commissioners" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Donna JONES personal appointments". GOV.UK.
  4. ^ a b c d "Police & Crime Commissioner – Donna Jones JP".
  5. ^ "Planning chiefs to decide future of Portsmouth's iconic Fratton Park floodlights". The News. 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Defunct Portsmouth City Council-owned Victory Energy spent nearly £100,000 on Portsmouth FC sponsorship deal". The News. 1 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Portsmouth City Council-owned Victory Energy shuts". BBC News. 15 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Portsmouth South candidates stick boot into Donna Jones for missing climate change hustings after she is accused of 'flying plane over city telling people to vote for her'". The News, Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Conservative candidate Donna Jones made PCC for Isle of Wight". Isle of Wight County Press. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2024: Results in the South East, South and Thames Valley". ITV News. 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b Maddox, David (4 August 2024). "Tory police and crime commissioner appears to justify far-right riots". Independent. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Only way to stop protests is to acknowledge the cause, says UK's most senior Police Commissioner". Conservative Post. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner addresses the UK's surge in protests and calls for calm". OnTheWight. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Donna Jones criticised for comments on Southport protests". www.countrypress.co.uk. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  15. ^ "All ballots in current or future Elections". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Hampshire police and crime commissioner election candidates for Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives". The News. 3 January 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Result of First Count - Police and Crime Commissioner election on Thursday, 6 May 2021, Hampshire Police Area" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Results of second count - PCC election 2021" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Portsmouth South". BBC News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Hilsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  21. ^ "2008 local election results". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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