Clive Grunshaw
Grunshaw was the first person to hold the post of Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire and was elected on 15 November 2012 and re-elected in 2016.Grunshaw also stood unsuccessfully as the Labour Party candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency at the 2010 general election.During the year Grunshaw was a prominent campaigner[5] in opposing proposed changes[6] to the way police forces are funded which would have seen Lancashire Constabulary lose £24.5 million.[7] Minister of State for Policing Mike Penning MP was forced to admit to MPs that "a statistical error was made in the data used"[8] and paused the process pending a further review.Following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which found that "while errors had been made in expense claims these were due to carelessness rather than any dishonest intent on the part of Mr Grunshaw" [11] the Commissioner criticised the length of time the review took.