Philip Wilkinson (British Army officer)
Philip Roy Wilkinson OBE (born October 1948)[1] is a retired British Army officer who has served as the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2021
Wilkinson was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery and also served in the Commando and Parachute Brigades and the Special Forces until his retirement in 1998,[2] having been awarded an OBE.[3]
He continued to work in security roles, and by 2020 was working in Somalia for the Minister for Internal Security. This was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and he returned to Wiltshire and began to write a book of memoirs, Sharpening the Weapons of Peace,[4] while becoming a senior research fellow at King's College London.[5]
Wilkinson stood successfully for the Conservative Party as Wiltshire's police and crime commissioner at the by-election on 19 August 2021,[6] following a re-run of the May 2021 election.[7] He was re-elected for a further term of four years in May 2024.[8]
Honours[edit]
- June 1998: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in the 1998 Birthday Honours[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Philip Roy Wilkinson", company-information.service.gov.uk, accessed 8 May 2025
- ^ "Philip Wilkinson holds Wiltshire PCC position", BBC News, 4 May 2024
- ^ a b "Lieutenant Colonel Philip Roy Wilkinson, M.B.E. (487603), Royal Regiment of Artillery." in The London Gazette, 15 June 1998, Supplement 55155 p. 6
- ^ "Philip Wilkinson: My unexpected journey to becoming the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon", Conservative Home, 9 September 2021
- ^ Matthew McLaughlin, "Conservative PCC candidate on the election ahead in Wiltshire", Gazette and Herald (Wiltshire), 7 July 2021, accessed 8 May 2024
- ^ Terence Herbert, Certificate of result - second count, Police and Crime Commissioner election, 19 August 2021, Wiltshire Council, 20 August 2021, accessed 8 May 2024
- ^ Benjamin Paessler, "Wiltshire PCC election re-run: Updates as votes are counted" Salisbury Journal, 20 August 2021, accessed 8 May 2024
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated, April 2024; Wiltshire PCC election result, May 2024, accessed 9 May 2024
External links[edit]
- Philip Wilkinson, choosemypcc.org.uk