Matthew Scott (police commissioner)

Matthew Scott
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 May 2016
Preceded byAnn Barnes
Personal details
Political partyConservative

Matthew Richard Scott is an English politician, and the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, representing the Conservative Party. He was elected to the post on 5 May 2016 and re-elected in 2021[1] and in 2024.[2] Before his election to the role of police and crime commissioner he worked for Conservative MP David Evennett as his office manager, and served as a councillor in Bexley from 2006 to 2010. Scott, whose father and brother have both been serving police officers, was chosen as Kent Conservatives' PCC candidate in October 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "Kent PCC election: Conservative Matthew Scott wins". BBC News. BBC. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Conservative Matthew Scott wins a third term as Kent Police and Crime Commissioner". Kent Online. KM Group. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ Francis, Paul (21 November 2015). "Kent Conservatives pick 31-year-old Matthew Scott from Swanley for police and crime election race". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 10 June 2016.