Andy Dunbobbin (born January 1975) is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of

Flintshire County Council Flintshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Flintshire, one of the principal areas of Wales. It is based at Tŷ Dewi Sant, Ewloe since 2025. It was previously based at County Hall in Mold. Elections take place ...

from 2013 to 2022.

Early career and election

Before being elected as

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner The North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by North Wales Police in the Welsh principal areas of Wales, principal areas of Anglesey, Co ...

, Dunbobbin was a County Councillor representing Connah's Quay Golftyn ward on

, having first been elected in 2013. He was also elected as a member of Connah's Quay Town Council in 2012 and continues to serve on the council following his election as PCC. In March 2020, Dunbobbin was selected for the

Welsh Labour Party Welsh Labour (), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a plurality of the W ...

to stand in the

2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021, on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England. This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have ...

for the North Wales region. Dunbobbin was elected as the

, beating the Conservative candidate by 7,885 votes following the allocation of second preferences. His deputy is Wayne Jones.

Personal life

Dunbobbin is married with two children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunbobbin, Andy Welsh Labour politicians Living people Police and crime commissioners in Wales 1975 births Labour Co-operative police and crime commissioners