The first Approval Panel meetings for Councillor Candidates are taking place on 23 and 29 June. Further dates are being planned for July as we receive applications from members to stand for election on 5 May 2022. We are currently contacting members to consider standing next year. To stand for election in Sheffield you should reside or work in the city. Should you or someone you know wish to stand on wants to find out more, please contact office@sheffieldconservatives.org
Lewis Chinchen has been elected as a Councillor to represent Stocksbridge and Upper Don on Sheffield City Council. He is the first Conservative to be elected to the Council in seventeen years. The local elections also saw significant increases in the Conservative vote across a number of Wards including Birley.
The Government is recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers and has increased the police budget by 10%, the biggest growth in funding for a decade. It is creating an additional 10,000 prison places together with additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service and the recruitment of 1000 new Probation Officers. South Yorkshire needs a Police and Crime Commissioner with the skills, knowledge and experience to make sure this investment leads to significant and sustained reductions in crime and anti-social behaviour. I am a former Chief Superintendent with experience of
policing and criminal justice extending over three decades. I understand policing and crime, and have a broad policing experience. I understand the business of policing, including the leadership required and the business skills necessary to use public money to best effect. We must build confidence in policing by investigating more crime and bringing offenders to justice. I want to see a culture of crime-fighting and criminal investigation within South Yorkshire Police. My focus will be on cutting crime. This will allow us to increase support for victims. I want to inject
new momentum into tackling violence, notably that involving women and children. Neighbourhood Policing Teams are the bedrock of UK policing and I will continue to invest in these and re-establish the key link with schools. I will deliver new investment to protect our more rural communities and refocus efforts to protect businesses as we work to re-build our economy. I will work to ensure new technology delivers better, smarter policing, including ways to engage more productively with communities and respond to their concerns promptly and effectively.
Following the death of His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh and notification of the period of official mourning, campaigning for the elections has been suspended. This will remain the position until Tuesday 13 April. No campaigning will take place on Saturday 17 April, the day of the funeral. This extends to canvassing, leaflet delivery and social media messaging.
