‌Mr Matthews has twice been elected -in 2021 and 2024 - to the role while standing as a Conservative. Mr Matthews maintained during thbe meeting that his change in party "won't affect the day job". He replied: "I don't think [being in the Reform party] is going to affect the day job very much at all. "The police and crime plan remains the police and crime plan. So when I'm doing the job of police and crime commissioner, I'm doing the day job [...].