Jason Ablewhite Explained

Jason Ablewhite
Office:Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Term Start:12 May 2016
Term End:11 Nov 2019
Deputy:Andy Coles (2016–2017)
Ray Bisby (2018–2019)
Predecessor:Graham Bright
Successor:Ray Bisby
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:May 1972

Jason Ablewhite is the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire (PCC), representing the Conservative Party. He is also a former Huntingdonshire district councillor for St Ives. He was elected to the PCC post in the 2016 election, succeeding the previous incumbent, Graham Bright.[1] Ablewhite was elected as a Conservative councillor in St Ives in 2005, and was Conservative leader of the district council for five years before standing down in 2015 to take up the role of PCC.[2]

On 11 November 2019, he resigned as Police and Crime Commissioner following his referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a complaint from a member of the public alleging that Ablewhite had sent her unsolicited indecent photographs of himself via social media.[3] He was succeeded by his deputy, Ray Bisby

Following this, a police investigation reportedly found rounds of live ammunition in his property.

Notes and References

  1. News: New Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner Jason Ablewhite sends warning to county's criminals . Cambridge News . 7 May 2016 . 10 June 2016 .
  2. News: Jason Ablewhite: New Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner . BBC News . BBC . 6 May 2016 . 10 June 2016.
  3. News: Police and crime commissioner quit after allegedly sending explicit photo. Elworthy. John. 18 Dec 2019. Cambridgeshire Times. 13 Jul 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20200107051749/https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/cambs-police-and-commissioner-quit-after-allegedly-sending-explicit-photo-1-6429759/. 7 January 2020.