Gwyn R. Price

{{Short description|Welsh politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gwyn R. Price | honorific_suffix = | image = Gwyn Price (5804944776).jpg | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = [[Islwyn (Assembly constituency)|Islwyn]] | assembly = National Assembly for Wales{{!}}Welsh | term_start = 5 May 2011 | term_end = 5 May 2016 | majority = 7,589 (in 2011) | leader = | predecessor = [[Irene James]] | successor = [[Rhianon Passmore]] | assembly2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Welsh Labour]] | other_party = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gwyn R. Price''' (born 1948) is a former [[Welsh Labour]] politician who served as the [[Member of the Welsh Assembly]] (AM) for [[Islwyn (Assembly constituency)|Islwyn]] from [[2011 National Assembly for Wales election|2011]] to [[2016 National Assembly for Wales election|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=287 |title=Assembly Member - Gwyn R Price |publisher=National Assembly for Wales |date= |accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref>

==Political career== Price was first elected to the [[Welsh Assembly]] at the [[2011 National Assembly for Wales election|2011 election]], representing [[Islwyn (Senedd constituency)|Islwyn]].

On 18 February 2014, Price announced his intention to stand down<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11019126.Islwyn_AM_Gwyn_Price_to_step_down|date=18 February 2014|title=Islwyn AM Gwyn Price to step down|work=South Wales Argus}}</ref> at the elections in 2016. He subsequently faced widespread criticism on social media over his perceived lack of engagement in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11027222._lsquo_Silent__39__Islwyn_AM__code_rsquo__hits_back_over_criticisms |title='Silent code' Islwyn AM hits back over criticisms|date=21 February 2014|first1=David|last1=Deans|work=South Wales Argus}}</ref>

{{s-start}} {{s-par|wal}} {{succession box | title=[[Members of the National Assembly for Wales|Assembly Member]] for [[Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Islwyn]] | years=[[2011 National Assembly for Wales election|2011]] – 2016 | before= [[Irene James]] | after= [[Rhianon Passmore]]}} {{s-end}}

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