Matt Storey

Matt Storey is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner since 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24298790.labours-matt-storey-elected-new-cleveland-pcc/|title=Labour's Matt Storey elected as the new Cleveland PCC|date=3 May 2024|work=The Northern Echo|accessdate=3 May 2024}} He defeated Steve Turner of the Conservative Party, the incumbent since 2021.

Storey pledged to give every community a named police officer as part of a plan to bring back community policing, fund domestic abuse support workers, set up a retail crime strategy, get rough sleepers off the streets and into permanent housing alongside providing drug treatment and mental health support, and to always act with integrity in office.{{cite web |url=https://choosemypcc.org.uk/candidates/cleveland/matt-storey-2/ |title=Matt Storey }}

He worked for the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough, Andy McDonald, from 2012 to 2024 and served as a councillor on Middlesbrough Council representing Central ward between 2016 and 2024.{{cite web |title=About your commissioner |url=https://www.cleveland.pcc.police.uk/commissioner/about/matt-storey-pcc/ |website=Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner}}