Before becoming the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside Jonathan Evison served as a North Lincolnshire Councillor and is still a Parish Councillor.

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He was born in and has lived and worked in the Humber Area all his life spending 40 years in the Steel industry at Scunthorpe.

Since becoming PCC in 2021 he has overseen 350 additional officers and the rise of Humberside Police to be the only outstanding police force in the UK with it receiving the IESE National Award for Police Force of the year in 2022 and 2023. Jonathan has pushed for higher arrest and prosecution rates, focused on Drugs and Anti-social Behaviour as well as reductions in neighbourhood and rural crime. To date Humberside Police is in the top five forces for arrest and prosecution rates, neighbourhood crime is down 31%, ASB is down 20% and rural crime is down over 50%. He has embarked upon a major drugs initiative, “Operation Shield”, focusing on County Lines and Organised Crime Gangs; in five months there have been over 1250 arrests, large hauls of class A and B drugs have been seized as well as massive amounts of criminals’ property and cash.

Jonathan has initiated a large grant portfolio, supporting local communities. His youth and education projects cover schools across the region – preventing young people entering a life of crime.

His priorities if re-elected are: –

· More police and more visible policing.

· Introduce even more initiatives tackling drugs and antisocial behaviour.

· Continuing to deliver fair policing to tackle Rural, Coastal and Urban crime.

· Safer Roads reducing casualty rates, introducing new technology.

· Maintaining strong support for victims of crime and increasing the work to end Violence Against Women and Girls.



Prepared by Leo Hammond, election agent, on behalf of Jonathan Evison, 18 Exchange Street Driffield, YO25 6LJ