David Edward Lloyd (born December 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and

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. He served as the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2024. He was a member of

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in the 1990s and was a member of

Hertfordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England. The council was created in 1889. It is responsible for a wide range of public services in the county, including social c ...

from 2001 to 2017.

Early life

Lloyd was born in

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, England, and educated in

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

. He studied French at the

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and at the

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Career

Business career

Following university, Lloyd spent ten years working in

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. Since then, he has worked as a

Political career

Lloyd was a

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. From 1992 to 1996, he was a member of

. On 7 June 2001, he was elected as a member of

. Before being elected as PCC, he served as deputy leader of the

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. He also served as Chairman of the Hertfordshire

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. On 15 November 2012, Lloyd was elected the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for

Hertfordshire Constabulary Hertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. Its headquarters is in Welwyn Garden City. The current chief constable is Andy Prophet. As of March 2019, the force consist ...

. He is the first person to hold this appointment; the PCCs were created to replace the now-abolished police authorities. In 2024 it was announced he would not be standing for the role again.

References

Police and crime commissioners in England Living people 1963 births Politicians from Berkshire Financial advisors Conservative Party (UK) councillors Conservative Party police and crime commissioners Members of Hertfordshire County Council Councillors in Buckinghamshire Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub