Susan Dungworth

Susan Dungworth is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024, when she succeeded Kim McGuinness. She was a councillor until 2021, when she lost her seat.

Career Dungworth is a former youth justice worker and community activist. In the 2019 United Kingdom general election, she was the Labour candidate in Blyth Valley. She was defeated by Conservative candidate Ian Levy.

She was previously Leader of the Northumberland Labour Group but in 2021 she lost her seat in Hartley, with the outcome of the vote decided by a rare ballot box draw after she tied with Conservative candidate David Ferguson after they both received 868 votes each.

In November 2024, Susan Dungworth announced the creation of a digital resource to help combat the influence of misogyny (via, for example, manosphere culture, hate speech and rape culture) on young people. This is a continuation of a programme initiated by her predecessor as Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness, in collaboration with Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland.