What is Mick Bates (Welsh politician)?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Mick Bates |honorific-suffix = |image = Mick Bates (cropped).jpg |alt = |caption = |constituency_AM = [[Montgomeryshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] |assembly = National Assembly for Wales{{!}}Welsh |majority = |term_start = 6 May 1999 |term_end = 5 May 2011 |predecessor = [[Government of Wales Act 1998|''New Assembly'']] |successor = [[Russell George (Welsh politician)|Russell George]] |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|9|24}} |birth_place = [[Loughborough]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|08|29|1947|09|24}} |death_place = |restingplace = |birthname = |nationality = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (2010–2011) <br /> [[Welsh Liberal Democrats |Welsh Liberal Democrat]] (until 2010) |otherparty = |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt= |website = |footnotes = }} '''Mick Bates''' (24 September 1947 – 29 August 2022) was a Welsh politician. He was a [[National Assembly for Wales|Member of the Welsh Assembly]] (AM) for [[Montgomeryshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] from 1999 to 2011. Bates was a member of the [[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]. Bates died from [[cancer]] on 29 August 2022, at the age of 74.<ref>[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/former-welsh-assembly-member-mick-24884002 Former Welsh Assembly Member Mick Bates dies after battle with cancer]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Mick}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Welsh politicians]] {{bio-stub}}