Dan Price | |
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Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner | |
Assumed office 9 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | John Dwyer |
Member of Warrington Borough Council for Great Sankey North &Whittle Hall | |
In office 2016–2021 | |
Succeeded by | Hitesh Patel |
Member of Warrington Borough Council for Great Sankey North | |
In office 2011–2016 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour (??-2018,2021-Present) |
Other political affiliations | Change UK (2018-2021) |
Daniel Price is a British politician and engineer who has served as Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024. [1]
Price studied at St Gregory's Catholic High School followed by an apprenticeship with Unilever. [2]
Price was previously an engineer. He was elected to Warrington Borough Council in 2011 representing the Ward Great Sankey North (the Ward was later reformed into Great Sankey North &Whittle Hall in 2016),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 would serve as an Independent Councillor before stepping down for the 2021 local elections. He was a Change UK candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election for North West England. [6] [7]
Price was the vice chair of Great Sankey Parish Council and never stood for re-election due to the police and crime commissioner candidacy. [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 86,279 votes. [13] [11] [14]
Price has lived in Cheshire all his life. [15] Price is openly gay and is married to his husband Alessandro. The couple have two dogs. [16]
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