{{Short description|English police commissioner}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] | name = Philip Seccombe | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | order = | office = [[Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner]] | term_start = 12 May 2016 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Ron Ball]] | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951|7}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | relations = | education = }}
'''Philip Stanley Seccombe''' (born July 1951) is the [[Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner]], representing the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. He was first elected at the [[2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections|elections for police and crime commissioners]] held across England and Wales on 5 May 2016, with 43,208 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-35997972 |title=Philip Seccombe new Warwickshire PCC |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=6 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections]] with 85,963 votes, winning in the first round with 52.07%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner results |url=https://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/info/20659/local_elections/1649/local_elections_2021_-_county_pcc_and_neighbourhood_plan_referendums/7 |website=Warwick District Council |publisher=Warwick District Council |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> He won a third term at the [[2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections]] with 45,638 votes, beating his rival candidate by 261 votes.<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Price |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwg87x4pwqo |title=Philip Seccombe: Tory wins third term as PCC by just 261 votes |date=4 May 2024 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=4 May 2024}}</ref>
Seccombe previously served for 14 years as a councillor on [[Stratford upon Avon District Council]], and also served for 25 years in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] where he commanded his Regiment and reached the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warwickshire |url=https://www.apccs.police.uk/find-your-pcc/philip-seccombe/ |website=Association of Police and Crime Commissioners |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> He has also served as chairman of the West Midlands Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association and chairman of the Warwickshire Army Benevolent Fund.
Nationally, Philip has served as the chair of the Emergency Services Collaboration Working Group, and the lead of the portfolio group on emergency services collaboration at the [[Association of Police and Crime Commissioners]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Your PCC |url=https://www.warwickshire-pcc.gov.uk/your-pcc/ |website=Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Website |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
After his election, he launched a Police and Crime Plan. The plan agreed major new investments in equipment and infrastructure for [[Warwickshire Police]] including new mobile technology for frontline officers, and confirmed £1.6 million in funding through a grants scheme targeted at community initiatives to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour or provide increased support for victims of crime across the county. He also co-commissioned new services with [[Warwickshire County Council]] to support victims of domestic abuse.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodings |first1=Simon |title=Warwickshire PCC Philip Seccombe reflects on his first year of office |url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/warwickshire-pcc-philip-seccombe-reflects-on-his-first-year-of-office-9138196/ |access-date=21 April 2021 |publisher=Stratford-upon-Avon Herald |date=12 May 2017}}</ref> In 2020 Seccombe announced he had secured more funding for services tackling domestic abuse, coming from the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sutherland |first1=Gill |title=Warwickshire crime commissioner announces more funding for services tackling domestic abuse |url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/more-funding-to-support-domestic-abuse-and-sexual-violence-services-9143781/ |access-date=21 April 2021 |date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
Philip is married to Cllr Izzi Seccombe, the first female leader of [[Warwickshire County Council]] and Vice-Chairman of the [[Local Government Association|LGA]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/warwickshire-county-council-likely-appoint-3564789|title=Is Warwickshire County Council set to have first woman leader too?|last=Reid|first=Les|date=9 May 2013|newspaper=coventrytelegraph|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chairman and Vice-Chairs |url=https://local.gov.uk/about/our-meetings-and-leadership/lga-leadership/chairman-and-vice-chairs |website=Local Government Association |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
== Controversies == In July 2024, Seccombe admitted to being present at a dinner hosted by the [[University of Warwick Conservative Association]] the previous month, where students were filmed singing along to '[[Erika (song)|Erika]]' a marching song associated with Nazis.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=9 July 2024 |title=PCC attended dinner at centre of University of Warwick Nazi row |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9r3ld91p6wo |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=BBC News }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=University of Warwick troubled by students' Nazi song video |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglk17pl4xgo |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=BBC News }}</ref> The conservative association was later suspended by the [[University of Warwick]].<ref name=":1" /> Seccombe claimed to have only been present for part of the event.<ref name=":0" />
In October 2024, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Matt Western]] accused Seccombe of accepting money from the [[Countryside Alliance]] (of which Seccombe is a member) to influence policing of [[trail hunting]]. Western also described a review of Warwickshire Police's handling of the Warwickshire Hunt as a "sham".<ref>{{cite web |date=26 October 2024 |title=Warwickshire PCC denies accepting hunting lobby cash |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg576gd40jvo |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=BBC News }}</ref> The review later found that Seccombe's membership had no impact on the policing of hunting in Warwickshire.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 January 2025 |title=Warwickshire PCC did not influence hunt policing, report finds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkxlppyxlno |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 January 2025 |title=Results from long-awaited review into Warwickshire Police's handling of hunting activity have been published |url=https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/results-from-long-awaited-review-into-warwickshire-polices-handling-of-hunting-activity-have-been-published-4934614 |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=WarwickshireWorld }}</ref>
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{{Current Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales}}
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