Editing Bez (dancer) (section)

==Personal life==
Berry lives in [[Urmston|Urmston, Greater Manchester]]. He is a fan of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. He is a beekeeper and beer brewer in his spare time, and has lived on land-shares in Herefordshire and Wales.<ref>Interview with Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6Music 19 November 2013</ref> At some point, he lived next door to Ryder in [[Padfield|Padfield, Derbyshire]].

Bez was declared bankrupt in 2005<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57558|page=1814 |date=14 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57694|page=8741 |date=5 July 2005}}</ref> and 2008.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58661|page=5367 |date=8 April 2008}}</ref>

In August 2010, Bez was convicted of physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Monica Ward, with whom he has a son, by throttling and threatening to kill her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/happy_mondays_bez_convicted_of_assault|title=Happy Mondays' Bez Convicted of Assault|access-date=24 February 2017}}</ref> He was sentenced to four weeks in prison after having first received a community service sentence but refusing to co-operate.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11085497 | work=BBC News | title=Ex-Happy Mondays star Bez jailed for girlfriend attack | date=25 August 2010}}</ref> He was arrested at London's [[Euston Station]] in November 2010 for breaching a restraining order granted to Ward following the assault, and escorted to appear before magistrates in Manchester.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11824939 | work=BBC News | title=Wanted Happy Mondays' Bez arrested at Euston station | date=23 November 2010}}</ref> Bez also has two older sons.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/who-bezs-fiancee-how-long-6608152|last=Bulbul|first=Nuray|title=Who is Bez's fiancee and how long have they been together?|newspaper=Chelmsford Chronicle|location=Chelmsford|date=6 February 2022|accessdate=28 August 2022}}</ref>

In November 2014, Bez became a patron of homeless organisation Coffee4Craig. The organisation started in 2013 when married couple Risha and Hendrix Lancaster lost Risha's brother, Craig White, to a heroin overdose while sleeping rough. He is very active in his support, even inviting them to join him on the onstage bed in London during a Black Grape gig and frequently discussing the issue of homelessness.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Coffee4Craig UK|url = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWljDMy0EjtSzhD-gj1tiw|website = YouTube|access-date = 2015-12-22}}</ref>

Bez stood as a candidate for the [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles constituency]] in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK General Election]].<ref name=BBCMar14>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-26601873|title=Anti-fracking supporter Bez plans to stand as Salford MP|work=[[BBC News Online]]|date=16 March 2014|access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref> The incumbent [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP), [[Hazel Blears]], announced her intention to stand down at the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/14/bez-happy-mondays-stand-parliament-salford|work=The Guardian|title=Happy Mondays' Bez reveals plans to stand for parliament|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Bez ran on a platform of "free energy, free food and free anything".<ref name=BBCMar14/> He received 703 votes (1.6% of the total turnout) which placed him in sixth position in the constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000911 |title= Salford & Eccles Parliamentary constituency |date= 8 May 2015 |work= BBC News |publisher= BBC |access-date= 19 June 2015 }}</ref> The seat was won by the new [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate, [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]], who received 21,364 votes (49.4% of the total).

In January 2021, during the [[COVID-19 lockdowns#United Kingdom|third lockdown]] of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]], Bez began operating as an online fitness instructor producing content on YouTube under the title "Buzzin’ with Bez".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/happy-mondays-star-bez-to-launch-fitness-class-after-spending-lockdown-mainly-sitting-on-sofa-1.4455109|title=Happy Mondays star Bez to launch fitness class after spending lockdown 'mainly sitting on sofa'|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>

Bez married his partner, fitness instructor Firouzeh Razavi, on 3 September 2022. The two had been in a relationship since 2014. Bez had made a Wooden Stonehenge for a ''[[Game of Thrones]]-''style wedding.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLoughlin |first=Lisa |date=2022-09-07 |title=Bez is picture of happiness as Happy Mondays member ties knot |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/happy-mondays-bez-weds-firouzeh-razavi-in-herefordshire-b1023881.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Mahony |first=Marsha |date=9 September 2022 |title=Happy Mondays star Bez marries long-term girlfriend in sleepy Herefordshire |newspaper=Gloucestershire Echo |location=Gloucester |url=http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/happy-mondays-star-bez-marries-7562385 |accessdate=10 September 2022}}</ref>