Michael Lane is an English politician and former

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, and the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire, representing the

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. He was

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to the post on 5 May 2016, succeeding the previous incumbent, Simon Hayes. Lane served as a councillor with

Gosport Borough Council Gosport Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Gosport, in the county of Hampshire, England. The council consists of 28 councillors, two or three for each of the 14 wards in the town. It is currently controlled by the Liberal D ...

from 2010 to 2014.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Royal Navy officers Councillors in Hampshire Police and crime commissioners in England Conservative Party (UK) councillors Conservative Party police and crime commissioners Royal Navy commodores {{UK-politician-stub