Steve Turner (police commissioner)

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Steve Turner
Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
13 May 2021
Preceded byLisa Oldroyd (acting)
Personal details
Born
Stephen Mark Turner

October 1971
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Andrea Turner

Stephen Mark Turner (born October 1971[1]) is the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). He was elected on 13 May 2021, for the Conservative Party.[2]

Background[]

Prior to being elected as PCC for Cleveland, Steve Turner was the chief of staff for two MPs.[3] He earlier worked for Safeway as a manager, but resigned in the early 1990s after accepting a police caution for handling stolen goods.[4][5][6] Turner was elected as a UKIP Councillor for the Longbeck Ward of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council on 7 May 2015 after receiving 19.8% of the vote.[7][8] Councillor at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council before he defected to the Conservative Party in 2017.[9]

Police and crime commissioner[]

In May 2021, Turner stood as the Conservative Party candidate in the Cleveland PCC election and was elected after winning 54% of votes in the first round.[9] Turner assumed the role on 13 May, replacing the acting PCC, Lisa Oldroyd.

In September 2021, Labour MP Andy McDonald named Turner in parliament using Parliamentary privilege alleging Turner was sacked from a previous employer for "systematic theft".[10] Turner later admitted that he received a police caution in the 1990s for handling £15 of stolen goods, and voluntarily resigned from his position of store manager at Safeway in Norton.[6][5]

In November 2021, it was reported that Turner is being investigated over a historical sexual assault claim.[11][12] The investigation is being managed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct and conducted by a force external to Cleveland Police.[13] Turner has rejected calls to resign over the claim, and has not been suspended from the Conservative Party despite calls from the Labour Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds.[14]

Personal life[]

Turner is married to Redcar & Cleveland Borough Councillor Andrea Turner[15] and has three adult sons. He is also a grandfather.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Stephen Mark TURNER personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ "About your commissioner". Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Steve Turner". www.apccs.police.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Cleveland police chief Steve Turner referred to watchdog". BBC. 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Arnold, Stuart (11 November 2021). "Cleveland PCC Steve Turner reveals what previous police caution was for". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Cleveland PCC admits he received a police caution while working at a supermarket". ITV News. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longbeck Ward". Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. ^ Gullon, Nick (24 April 2017). "UKIP chairman defects to Conservatives weeks before election". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Cleveland PCC 2021: Conservative Steve Turner wins with more than 74,000 votes". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Cleveland police and crime chief Steve Turner admits accepting caution". BBC News. 22 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Cleveland police and crime chief Steve Turner faces 'sexual assault claim'". BBC News. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. ^ Wearmouth, Rachel (4 November 2021). "Tory police boss Steve Turner faces investigation over serious sexual assault allegation". Daily Mirror. London. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  13. ^ Hetherington, Graeme (9 November 2021). "Steve Turner: Police boss refuses to quit in explosive 600-word statement aimed at enemies". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Cleveland PCC Steve Turner will not resign over sex assault claim". BBC News. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  15. ^ Arnold, Stuart (10 November 2021). "Steve Turner says 'damaging' sex allegation was leaked for political gain". TeessideLive. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
Preceded by
Lisa Oldroyd (Acting)
 Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner
13 May 2021 – Present 		Incumbent
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