David Allen is an English politician, the current Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria, representing the Labour Party. He was elected to the post on 3 May 2024, succeeding the previous incumbent, Peter McCall. Allen served as a

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in the

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from 1986 to 2000, thereafter in the

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and later led the UK's Bureau at

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before his retirement in 2016.

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