Jonathan Ash-Edwards

{{Use dmy dates|date= May 2024}} {{Use British English|date= May 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = [[Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner]] | term_start = 9 May 2024 | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | office2 = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]] of [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex District Council]] | term_start2 = 22 May 2019 | term_end2 = 7 May 2023 | succeeded2 = Robert Egglston | preceded2 = Garry Wall | alma_mater = [[Open University]] | preceded = [[David Lloyd (police commissioner)|David Lloyd]] | image = Jonathan Ash-Edwards, Leader of Mid Sussex District Council.jpg | caption = Ash-Edwards in 2019 }}

'''Jonathan Christopher Ash-Edwards''' (born 1986–87) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, and the [[Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner]] since May 2024, when he succeeded fellow Conservative [[David Lloyd (police commissioner)|David Lloyd]].<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |title=New Conservative PCC elected in Hertfordshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1q091zlr3o |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=BBC News |date=4 May 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a Councillor on [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex District council]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=About Jonathan |url=https://www.jonathanashedwards.com/about-jonathan |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Jonathan Ash-Edwards for Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner |language=en}}</ref> and as [[Leader of the Council]] from 2019 to 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Powling |first=Joshua |date=6 May 2023 |title="Full results from Mid Sussex District Council election 2023 - here's how it all unfolded live" |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/full-results-from-mid-sussex-district-council-election-2023-heres-how-it-all-unfolded-live-4131323 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=SussexWorld}}</ref> He lost his seat in the [[2023 Mid Sussex District Council election#Lindfield|2023 Mid Sussex District Council election]].<ref name=":0" />

== Early life == Ash-Edwards attended the [[Open University]], and obtained a degree in Business Management.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2007-11-07 |title=The young guns of government |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1815988.the-young-guns-of-government/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=The Argus |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career == Ash-Edwards was elected to represent [[Haywards Heath]]'s Heath Ward on [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex District Council]] in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Mid Sussex |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/359/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk}}</ref> at age 20, while continuing to study for his degree.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, Ash-Edwards switched to [[Lindfield, West Sussex|Lindfield]] ward.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Mid Sussex |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2019/359/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk}}</ref> From shortly after the 2019 Elections to 2023, Ash-Edwards served as [[Leader of the Council|Leader]] of Mid Sussex District Council. In 2023, Ash-Edwards was not re-elected.<ref name=":0" />

Shortly thereafter he moved to Hertfordshire,<ref name=":2" /> to seek selection and election as the Conservative Party's candidate for [[Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner]]. In May 2024, he was elected to the role.<ref name="BBC News" />

== Professional career == Ash-Edwards is chair of trustees and director<ref>{{Cite web |title=SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07705100 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> of Sussex Learning Trust, which is responsible for a number of [[Academy (English school)|academy]] schools across Sussex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Our Trustees {{!}} Sussex Learning Trust |url=https://www.sussexlearningtrust.co.uk/governance/meet-our-trustees/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.sussexlearningtrust.co.uk}}</ref>

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