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Revision as of 20:39, 6 May 2024

Dan Price
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Assumed office
9 May 2024
Preceded byJohn Dwyer
Member of Warrington Borough Council
for Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Daniel Price is a British politician and engineer who has served as Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024.[1]

Early life and education

Price studied at St Gregory's Catholic High School and after leaving school he studied an apprenticeship with Unilever.[2]

Career

Price was previously an engineer. He was elected a Warrington Borough councillor in 2011, becoming Warrington's youngest ever councillor at the age of 21.[2][3][4] Price resigned from the Labour Party in April 2019 but in December said that he would tactically vote for the party in the 2019 general election.[5][4] He was a Change UK candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election for North West England.[6][7]

He is the Vice Chair of Great Sankey Parish Council.[8][9][10]

Price was the Labour Party candidate in the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections for Cheshire constabulary.[11][12] He defeated the incumbent John Dwyer, receiving 86279 votes, and will take office on 9 May.[13][11][14]

Personal life

Price has lived in Cheshire all his life.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Home". Dan Price for Cheshire. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ^ a b "Daniel becomes town's youngest ever councillor". Warrington Guardian. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  3. ^ "Former Warrington councillor in running for Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner". Warrington Guardian. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ a b "Councillor resigns from Labour over Brexit 'betrayal'". Warrington Guardian. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  5. ^ "Councillor who quit Labour will tactically vote for former party". Warrington Guardian. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  6. ^ Skentelbery, Gary (2019-04-23). "Former Labour Cllr Dan Price selected as Change UK MEP candidate". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  7. ^ Skentelbery, Gary (2023-07-07). "Labour choose former councillor who quit party over "Brexit betrayal" as Police and Crime Commissioner candidate". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  8. ^ "Labour wins Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner vote". Runcorn and Widnes World. 2024-05-04. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  9. ^ Editor (2024-04-17). "Who are the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner candidates?". Nantwich News. Retrieved 2024-05-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Labour's Cheshire PCC candidate confirms priorities ahead of election". Warrington Guardian. 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  11. ^ a b Coyle, Simon (2024-05-03). "Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner election 2024 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  12. ^ "Cheshire police and crime commissioner role 'a Tory retirement home'". BBC News. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  13. ^ Skentelbery, Gary (2024-05-04). "Dan Price elected Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  14. ^ "Dan Price elected as Cheshire's police and crime commissioner". BBC News. 2024-05-04. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  15. ^ Pennington, Josh (2024-05-04). "Labour's Dan Price elected as Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 2024-05-04.