{{Short description|Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Lisa Townsend |alt = |caption = |order = |office = [[Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner]] |term_start = 13 May 2021 |predecessor = [[David Munro (police commissioner)|David Munro]] |successor = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980|1}} |birth_place = |party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |alma_mater = [[Sheffield Hallam University]]<br />[[University College London]] |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |relations = |children = |website = {{URL|www.lisatownsend.org.uk}} }}
'''Lisa Townsend''' (born January 1980) has been the [[Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner]] (PCC) since May 2021.<ref name=bbc1>{{cite news |title=Elections 2021: Tory Lisa Townsend elected as Surrey PCC | work=BBC News | date=8 May 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-57042078?fbclid=IwAR1YteeyMGwV_7URjbygiBkXVM_b6pV-onbemRYy7mIhepFydmsxA0CITV8 |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Julie|date=2021-05-13|title=Surrey's new PCC states how she plans to hold police to account|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/who-surreys-pcc-lisa-townsend-20586818|access-date=2021-07-02|website=SurreyLive|language=en}}</ref>
== Background and career == She graduated from [[Sheffield Hallam University]] with a degree in law and completed a master's degree in law at [[University College London]]. She previously stood for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in [[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Lisa Townsend, Conservative Candidate |url=https://www.concrete-online.co.uk/interview-lisa-townsend-conservative-candidate-norwich-south/ |website=[[Concrete (student newspaper)|Concrete]] |access-date=8 May 2021 |date=May 2015}}</ref>
Townsend replaced David Munro after she was elected with a total of 155,116 votes, ahead of the second candidate by 42,951 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Surrey's PCC? Lisa Townsend, the woman elected to hold Surrey Police to account |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/who-surreys-pcc-lisa-townsend-20586818 |website=[[Surrey Advertiser|Get Surrey]] |access-date=22 August 2021 |date=13 May 2021}}</ref> In May 2024 Townsend was re elected as PCC for Surrey.
Townsend worked for the Institute of Directors, until her election as PCC. She had previously worked for several MPs at Westminster.<ref name=bbc1/>
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