Background
Burns-Williamson was born in 1964 in Castleford, Yorkshire, England.
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Mark Burns-Williamson
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University of Bradford.
Career
He is the former Chair of the West Yorkshire Police Authority and has been the councillor for Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Ward since the Wakefield District Council elections in 1998. His employment has spanned over 20 years in public and private sector organisations, including West Yorkshire County Council, Citizens Advice Bureaux, CableTel Limited, The Rugby Football League (Resorcinol Formaldehyde Latex) and Halifax Plc. He is also a graduate of Bradford University (History/Politics Bsc Joint Honours), President of Glasshoughton Cricket Club, an ex rugby player and a lifelong rugby supporter.
Burns-Williamson was elected to represent the ward of Castleford Central and Glasshoughton when he successfully contested the 1998 Wakefield Council elections, in West Yorkshire.
After joining the Board of the Association of Police Authorities in 2003, he was made the Board"s Deputy Chair in 2009 and in October 2011 he was elected Chair of the Association of Police Authorities. Burns-Williamson was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the Community and Policing in the 2012 Honours List.
In June 2012, Burns-Williamson announced his intention to stand as a candidate in the England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections, 2012 for the West Yorkshire Police area. In October 2012, He stood down as the Chair of the West Yorkshire Police Authority in order to continue his candidacy for PCC. In the November election, he was elected after the second round of counting.
Membership
Following this, he became a member of West Yorkshire Police Authority in 1999 and Chair of the Authority in June 2003.
