Susan Dungworth | |
Office: | Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria |
Term Start: | 8 May 2024 |
Predecessor: | Kim McGuinness |
Office1: | Leader of the Northumberland Labour Group |
Deputy1: | Scott Dickinson |
Term Start1: | 19 April 2019 |
Term End1: | 6 May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Grant Davey |
Successor1: | Scott Dickinson |
Office2: | Member of Northumberland County Council for Hartley |
Term Start2: | 4 May 2017 |
Term End2: | 6 May 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Anita Romer |
Successor2: | David Ferguson |
Office3: | Chair of Seaton Valley Community Council for Hartley |
Term Start3: | May 2021 |
Term End3: | May 2024 |
Predecessor3: | Stephen Stanners |
Successor3: | Sue Bowman |
Birth Name: | Susan Elizabeth Dungworth |
Birth Place: | Manchester England |
Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
Website: | https://northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/ |
Deputy: | Councillor Clare Penny-Evans |
Susan Dungworth is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024, when she succeeded Kim McGuinness. She was a councillor until 2021, when she lost her seat.[1]
Dungworth is a former youth justice worker and community activist.[2] In the 2019 United Kingdom general election, she was the Labour candidate in Blyth Valley.[3] She was defeated by Conservative candidate Ian Levy.[4]
She was previously Leader of the Northumberland Labour Group but in 2021 she lost her seat in Hartley, with the outcome of the vote decided by a rare ballot box draw after she tied with Conservative candidate David Ferguson after they both received 868 votes each.[5]