Dan Price (police commissioner)

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

Early life and education
Price studied at St Gregory's Catholic High School and after leaving school he studied an apprenticeship with Unilever.

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. 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. He was a Change UK candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election for North West England.

He was the Vice Chair of Great Sankey Parish Council and never stood for re-election due to the Police and Crime Commissioner candidacy.

Price was the Labour Party candidate in the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections for Cheshire constabulary. He defeated the incumbent John Dwyer, receiving 86,279 votes, and will take office on 9 May.

Personal life
Price has lived in Cheshire all his life. He is married to Alessandro Bucci, an Italian national who has become a naturalised British citizen.