Kim McGuinness

Kim McGuinness is a British Labour Party politician who has been the police and crime commissioner for Northumbria since a by-election on 18 July 2019.[2]

Kim McGuinness
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
19 July 2019
Preceded byVera Baird
Personal details
BornNewcastle upon Tyne, England[1]
Political partyLabour

McGuinness was born in Newcastle and was elected to represent the Lemington ward on Newcastle City Council in 2015, before joining the authority's cabinet in 2016 as Executive Member for Culture, Sport and Public Health. Elected at 34, she is the youngest Police and Crime Commissioner in England and Wales.[1][3][4]

References
  1. Holland, Daniel (13 June 2019). "Kim McGuinness on why she's qualified to succeed Vera Baird as Police and Crime Commissioner". Chronicle Live.
  2. "Kim McGuinness elected as Northumbria police commissioner". BBC News.
  3. "Labour's Kim McGuinness becomes new Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner". ITV News. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. Holland, Daniel (24 July 2019). "Why the new police commissioner is staying on as a councillor". nechronicle. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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