Dan Price (police commissioner)
British politician, police commissioner and engineer
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Daniel Price is a British politician and engineer who has served as Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner since May 2024.[1]
Dan Price | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Party | Labour (??-2018, 2021-Present) |
Other political affiliations | Change UK (2018-2021) |
Early life and education
Price studied at St Gregory's Catholic High School followed by an apprenticeship with Unilever.[2]
Career
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]