Donna Jones is a British

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politician who is the

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Political career

Jones was a councillor for

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from 1 May 2008 to 6 May 2021. From June 2014 to June 2018, she was Leader of the council, taking over from

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, a Liberal Democrat, when there was a change of political control. He returned to the job in 2018. While she was leader of the Conservative administration at Portsmouth council, Jones advised Portsmouth F.C. as strategic stadium development consultant. The council also launched an energy company, Victory Energy, which entered into a £100,000 sponsorship deal with Portsmouth F.C. In 2020 Victory Energy was wound up with losses of £3.5 million, following attempts by the council to sell the company. In the 2019 general election, while still serving as a councillor, Jones was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in

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. During the campaign, she received criticism from political opponents for flying in a plane over the constituency, with a banner attached stating “Vote Donna Jones - Get

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Done”, instead of attending a candidates’ hustings on climate change. Jones remained as a councillor and as leader of the Conservative group in Portsmouth until the 2021 Portsmouth City Council election on 6 May, when she stood down. However, at the 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections on the same day, Jones was elected as

for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Electoral history

Police and Crimes Commissioner

Donna Jones won every counting area in Hampshire, with the closest being the traditionally-Labour City of Southampton, where she won by 877 votes.

Parliamentary

Portsmouth City Council

References

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