# Andy Dunbobbin

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Welsh politician

Andy Dunbobbin Official portrait, 2024 Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Incumbent Assumed office 13 May 2021 Preceded by Arfon Jones Member of Flintshire County Council for Connah's Quay Golftyn In office 18 June 2013 – 5 May 2022 Preceded by Peter Macfarlane Personal details Born January 1975 (age 51) Chester, Cheshire, England Party Labour Website Official website

**Andy Dunbobbin** (born January 1975)[1] is a British politician serving as [Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales](/source/North_Wales_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner) since 2021. A member of the [Labour Party](/source/Welsh_Labour_Party), he was a member of [Flintshire County Council](/source/Flintshire_County_Council) from 2013 to 2022.

## Early career and election

Before being elected as [North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner](/source/North_Wales_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner), Dunbobbin was a County Councillor representing Connah's Quay Golftyn ward on [Flintshire County Council](/source/Flintshire_County_Council), having first been elected in 2013.[2][3] He was also elected as a member of [Connah's Quay Town Council](/source/Connah's_Quay) in 2012 and continues to serve on the council following his election as PCC.[4]

In March 2020, Dunbobbin was selected for the [Welsh Labour Party](/source/Welsh_Labour_Party) to stand in the [2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections](/source/2021_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections) for the North Wales region.[5]

Dunbobbin was elected as the [North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner](/source/North_Wales_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner), beating the Conservative candidate by 7,885 votes following the allocation of second preferences.[6] His deputy is Wayne Jones.[7]

## Personal life

Dunbobbin is married with two children.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Andrew DUNBOBBIN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK"](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/iA9gGm-T9UVbX6dGkqA8e7PIGZU/appointments). *find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk*. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Election results for Connah's Quay Golftyn / Golftyn Cei Connah, 18 June 2013"](https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=281&RPID=27826491&LLL=0). *committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk*. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Goodban, David (6 June 2013). ["Funeral of popular councillor to take place"](http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/peter-macfarlane-funeral-popular-councillor-4066001). *North Wales Live*. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Evans, Richard (7 February 2023). ["'Perfect storm' pushes up police precept for people in North Wales"](https://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/23305464.perfect-storm-pushes-police-precept-people-north-wales/). *Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergale Journal*. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-randall_5-0)** Randall, Liam (4 March 2020). ["Flintshire councillor chosen as Labour candidate to become next North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner"](https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18280235.flintshire-councillor-chosen-labour-candidate-become-next-north-wales-police-crime-commissioner/). *Leader Live*. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hemming_6-0)** Hemming, Jez (9 May 2021). ["Labour's Andy Dunbobbin elected as new North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner"](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/labours-andy-dunbobbin-voted-new-20559997). *North Wales Live*. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Deputy PCC Wayne Jones retains role for further four-year term"](https://www.wrexham.com/news/deputy-pcc-wayne-jones-retains-role-for-further-four-year-term-253244.html). *Wrexham.com*. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

## External links

- [Official website](https://acd4pcc.wales)

v t e Police and crime commissioners of England and Wales Police and crime commissioners in England Avon and Somerset: Clare Moody Bedfordshire: John Tizard Cambridgeshire: Darryl Preston Cheshire: Dan Price Cleveland: Matt Storey Derbyshire: Nicolle Ndiweni Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Alison Hernandez Dorset: David Sidwick Durham: Joy Allen Gloucestershire: Chris Nelson Hampshire & Isle of Wight: Donna Jones Hertfordshire: Jonathan Ash-Edwards Humberside: Jonathan Evison Kent: Matthew Scott Lancashire: Clive Grunshaw Leicestershire: Rupert Matthews Lincolnshire: Marc Jones Merseyside: Emily Spurrell Norfolk: Sarah Taylor Northumbria: Susan Dungworth Nottinghamshire: Gary Godden Suffolk: Tim Passmore Surrey: Lisa Townsend Sussex: Katy Bourne Thames Valley: Matthew Barber Warwickshire: Philip Seccombe West Mercia: John Campion West Midlands: Simon Foster Wiltshire: Philip Wilkinson Police, fire and crime commissioners in England Cumbria: David Allen Essex: Roger Hirst Northamptonshire: Danielle Stone Staffordshire: Ben Adams Police and crime commissioners in Wales Dyfed-Powys: Dafydd Llywelyn Gwent: Jane Mudd North Wales: Andy Dunbobbin South Wales: Emma Wools Mayors who exercise police and crime commissioner functions South Yorkshire: Oliver Coppard West Yorkshire: Tracy Brabin Mayors who exercise police, fire and crime commissioner functions Greater Manchester: Andy Burnham London: Sadiq Khan York & North Yorkshire: David Skaith

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