Shaun Wright, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, has resigned after weeks of pressure stemming from the publication of a report into child sexual abuse in Rotherham. Wright was the councillor with responsibility for children’s services in the borough from 2005 to 2010, in the middle of a 16 year period when more than 1,400 children suffered sexual exploitation which was ignored by authorities including the council and police. He was elected as a Labour PCC in November 2012. His party suspended him after he resisted calls to resign.
In a statement Wright said:
‘My role as South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has clearly become prominent in terms of public opinion and media coverage following the publication of Professor Alexis Jay’s report.
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