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Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett was the Liberal Democrats candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales. They received 17,908 votes.

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Statement to voters

As South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, I would seek as a top priority to restore community trust, links, and engagements across the South Wales Police area.

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We must restore community trust in our police force following riots in both Swansea and Cardiff over the last 5 years. I will seek to reverse cuts to funding for Anti-Social Behaviour interventions and ensure outreach in communities and schools is prioritised to build bridges across our communities, meaning our police are once more visible on our streets.

I will reduce the number of Deputy Commissioners across South Wales Police, reinvest this money in frontline policing, and campaign vigorously for policing to be devolved. These two policies will bring policing closer to the people of Wales. I will immediately launch a programme of community visits to find out what you want the police to do in your area.

It is time to take a more compassionate approach to drug offences, using the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner I will prioritise and push both governments to focus on rehabilitation programmes, an approach which would reduce repeat offending, and reduce pressure on our court system.

As your Police and Crime Commissioner, I would seek to end the use of facial recognition technology because it fundamentally breaches people’s rights to privacy and discriminates against Black, Asian and minority ethnic populations. It is more frequently used in areas of high ethnic minority populations and is poor at identifying people from these backgrounds. This technology must be shelved to restore the trust of our communities.

Prepared by Matthew Palmer (Election Agent) at 68 Brynymor Road, Gowerton, Swansea, SA4 3EZ

This statement was last updated on April 19, 2024.

This statement was added by Sam Bennett, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

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Sam Bennett's elections

Date Election Party Results Position
2024 South Wales Police: Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales Liberal Democrats 17,908 votes (not elected) 4th / 4 candidates
2022 Waterfront: Swansea local election Liberal Democrats 590 votes (elected) 1st / 3 candidates
2021 Swansea East: Senedd Cymru elections (Constituencies) Liberal Democrats 1,055 votes (not elected) 4th / 7 candidates
2021 Castle: Swansea local by-election Liberal Democrats 694 votes (not elected) 2nd / 9 candidates
2021 South Wales West: Senedd Cymru elections (Regions) Liberal Democrats Not elected (vote count not available) Position not available
2020 Castle: Swansea local by-election Liberal Democrats (election cancelled) Position not available
2019 Gower: UK Parliamentary general election Liberal Democrats 2,236 votes (not elected) 4th / 5 candidates
2019 Wales: European Parliament (UK) elections Liberal Democrats 113,885 votes (not elected) Joint 5th / 32 candidates
2017 St Mary: Powys County Council local election Liberal Democrats Not elected (vote count not available) Position not available
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