Matthew Grove
# Matthew Grove

Matthew Paul Grove (born May 1963) is a former Conservative Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner.

## Career

Grove was the first person to hold the post of Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner, serving between November 2012 and May 2016. He was elected following a closely fought race with Labour's John Prescott. Grove was previously a local councillor in the East Riding of Yorkshire for Mid Holderness.

He lost his seat to the Labour party candidate Keith Hunter in the 5 May 2016 election.

Grove later defected to the Liberal Democrats.

