Sue Mountstevens
Police and Crime Commissioner
Susan Robertson, (née Mountstevens; born 1955) is a British independent politician. From November 2012 to May 2021, she served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. She is the first person to hold the post and was first elected on 15 November 2012, having stood as an independent candidate.
Biography
Before being elected as the police and crime commissioner, Mountstevens was an independent member of Avon and Somerset Police Authority (the body which, as Police and Crime Commissioner, she replaces), vice-chair of the Independent Monitoring Board for Bristol Prison and was a magistrate for 15 years. Earlier in her career she was a director of the Mountstevens Bakeries chain.
She has three children and lives near Pill, North Somerset.
Election as Police and Crime Commissioner
Mountstevens has stood twice in elections to be the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner.
2012 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election
Mountstevens was elected to the role of Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner in the elections held on 15 November 2012, which used the supplementary vote system. She stood as an Independent and was elected on the second round, after second preference votes were counted. Mountstevens was the only Commissioner elected with a mandate exceeding 10% of the electorate, having been chosen by 10.1% of those eligible to vote.
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