William Price (Labour politician)

William George Price (15 June 1934 – 6 May 1999) was a British Labour Party politician.

Price was educated at the Forest of Dean Technical School and Gloucester Technical College. He was a journalist by trade, writing for the Coventry Evening Telegraph and the Birmingham Post & Mail, and was secretary of the Central Midland National Union of Journalists.^[1]

Price was Member of Parliament for Rugby from 1966 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Jim Pawsey. A pro-European social democrat, he was one of 69 Labour MPs who broke a three-line whip to vote with the Conservative Government in support of Britain's entry to the European Economic Community in October 1971.^[2] Following his defeat he stood for election once more, in the marginal Dudley West constituency in 1983, but lost to John Blackburn. After leaving politics he became a consultant to the National Federation of Licensed Victuallers.^[1]

• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Price

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