Matthew Ellis, Police and Crime Commissioner, Staffordshire

The Conservative Party Candidate

Force area:
Staffordshire

Matthew Ellis

Election statement:

The role of Police & Crime Commissioner is about new ideas, fresh thinking and 

bringing the public’s view to make policing in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 

more visible, responsive and accountable to local people.

It’s about freeing police officers from burdensome bureaucracy to do what they 

were trained for – catching criminals, cutting crime and making Staffordshire safer. 

In these difficult times it’s about achieving more policing with fewer resources so 

that crime keeps falling. Is that possible? Yes, it absolutely is!

My background building a business from scratch, strong public service ethos and 

recent responsibility for a £300 million budget at Staffordshire County Council has 

given me the experience and insight needed to be an effective PCC. With so many 

organisations involved in community safety, supporting victims and the wider criminal 

justice system, my experience building complex coalitions across sensitive public 

services would be important to developing a more joined up, effective system.

There are those who simply want to use this election to oppose shrinking budgets 

but I’m focused on Staffordshire’s future and making the most of the money available 

by tackling issues that matter to you.

My priorities include:

Using technology to let police officers be police officers, not stuck behind
desks
Moving resources from detecting crime to preventing it
Treating victims of crime as people, not just a crime number
Tougher policing of prolific offenders if they can’t or won’t reform
Cracking down on irresponsible Licensees, anti-social drinking and
behaviour
Fast and transparent justice with greater use of restorative measures

I will be a PCC for all of Staffordshire with the experience and determination to 

make sure we have effective and accountable policing across our diverse county. 

Read more at www.tellmatthew.org

Prepared by election agent Abi Brown, Unit 32 Blythe Park, Cresswell, 

Staffordshire ST11 9RD.

Staffordshire Police, Police England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections, 2012

Staffordshire Police,



Conservative Matthew Ellis The role of Police & Crime Commissioner is about new ideas, fresh thinking and bringing the public’s view to make policing in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent more visible, responsive and accountable to local people.



Labour Joy Garner The public in Staffordshire want a Police Service that is based firmly in the community and is directly accountable to them.  I am firmly committed to those principles.  I am proud of our Police. I will not interfere with the operational independence of the Chief Constable.