Bill Longmore

Longmore, who was brought up at Amblecote near Stourbridge, was a serving police officer with Staffordshire Police for 30 years from 1957, buying two factories and converting them to timber mills. where he settled after buying a former farmhouse. Bill Longmore ran as an independent Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police in the first elections for the post in November 2012, and was subsequently elected to the position. During his campaign he said that his intention was to serve a single term in office. Longmore fulfilled his election pledge to retire at the PCC elections which took place on 5 May 2016. His deputy Barrie Sheldon stood as Independent candidate but lost to Conservative candidate John Campion. ==Death==

While serving as Police and Crime Commissioner, Longmore was diagnosed with lung cancer, for which he received chemotherapy. He died at his home on Thursday 17 May 2018 aged 79. His funeral took place at Shrewsbury Crematorium on Saturday 9 June, with a thanksgiving service at Shrewsbury Abbey Church the same day. He was survived by his wife Ursula who he had married in 1989. ==References==