Angus Macpherson
MBE DL
Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner
In office
22 November 2012 – 12 May 2021
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byPhilip Wilkinson
Personal details
BornJanuary 1953 (age 70–71)[1]
Political partyConservative

Angus Stuart Macpherson MBE DL (born January 1953) served as the Conservative Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2021. He was the first holder of the post.

Early life and career

Macpherson was educated at St Hugh's School, near Faringdon, and at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington (where he is now a Governor). On leaving school he worked for Hoover Ltd in London as a management trainee, and obtained a degree in Business Studies. In 1976 he joined Turquand Barton Mayhew, later to become part of Ernst & Young, as an articled clerk, qualifying as chartered accountant in 1980. Macpherson established his own accountancy business in Swindon in 1986, and served as a magistrate and borough councillor.[2]

Macpherson served on Wiltshire Police Authority for seven years prior to his election as PCC. In 2011, he lived at Wroughton.[3]

Police and crime commissioner elections, 2012

The November 2012 election was noted for having the lowest turnout of all the PCC elections held that day, with just under 16% of registered voters casting a ballot; unofficial counting showed only a 10% turnout in the town of Devizes.[4] Wiltshire was the only county to return an overnight result.[5] Macpherson secured 36% of the initial vote, and won the election with second preference votes.[4]

He assumed his role overseeing Wiltshire Police on 22 November 2012, and his first Police and Crime Plan was published in March 2013.[4]

Police and crime commissioner elections, 2016

With an increased voter turnout of 24.7% at the 2016 election, he was able to increase his first preference votes by 10% to just over 46.2%, and again won the election through second preference votes.[6]

In April 2019, Macpherson said he would not seek re-election in May 2020.[7] However, in March 2020 the next election was postponed to May 2021[8] under the Coronavirus Act 2020, with the effect of extending his term of office by one year.

Honours and appointments

Macpherson was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2011.[3]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the community in Wiltshire.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Angus Stuart MACPHERSON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Biography". Wiltshire PCC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". London Gazette. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Wiltshire PCC election: Conservative Angus Macpherson wins". BBC News - Wiltshire. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cameron defends PCC elections with review into low turnout set to launch". Metro. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Election results: Police and Crime Commissioner on Thursday 5 May 2016". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Police chief to stand down in 2020". BBC News: Wiltshire. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "English local elections postponed over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2017. p. B20.
  10. ↑ Yilmaz, Tanya (16 June 2017). "Police and Crime Commissioner 'honoured' to receive MBE". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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