He attracted controversy shortly after taking office for appointing his former campaign manager as his Deputy.
[3] Following his retirement from the force he enjoyed a second career as a businessman, building up a manufacturing company,[4] buying two factories and converting them to timber mills.
[2] In 2017 he and his wife Ursula formed the Great Hanwood Community Interest Company which purchased the then-closed Cock Inn at Hanwood with the aim of reopening it for public community use.
[6] Bill Longmore ran as an independent Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police in the first elections for the post in November 2012, and was subsequently elected to the position.
While serving as Police and Crime Commissioner, Longmore was diagnosed with lung cancer, for which he received chemotherapy.