Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Davies of Oldham
Honorific-Suffix:PC
Office:Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
Primeminister:Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Term Start:13 June 2003
Term End:6 May 2010
Predecessor:The Lord McIntosh of Haringey
Successor:The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Office1:Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
Primeminister1:Tony Blair
Term Start1:1 July 2000
Term End1:13 June 2003
Predecessor1:The Lord Burlison
Successor1:The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
Office2:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start2:3 October 1997
Term End2:9 July 2024
Life peerage
Office3:Member of Parliament
for Oldham Central and Royton
Term Start3:9 April 1992
Term End3:8 April 1997
Predecessor3:James Lamond
Successor3:constituency abolished
Office4:Member of Parliament
for Enfield North
Term Start4:28 February 1974
Term End4:7 April 1979
Predecessor4:constituency established
Successor4:Tim Eggar
Birth Date:9 November 1939
Alma Mater:University College London

Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC (born 9 November 1939) is a Labour politician and former member of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Early life and education

He was educated at Redditch County High School, Worcestershire, at University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history 1961, the Institute of Education (PGCE 1962) and at the London School of Economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in economics in 1968.

He worked as a history teacher at The Latymer School from 1962 to 1965 and as a history and social science lecturer at Middlesex Polytechnic, Enfield from 1965 to 1974, during which time he served as a trade union official in the National Association for Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE). He has been a member of the Transport and General Workers Union since 1979.

Political career

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North from February 1974 until he lost the seat in 1979 to the Conservative Tim Eggar. Davies later served as MP for Oldham Central and Royton from 1992 until the seat was abolished by boundary changes in 1997. He was defeated for the Labour selection in the new constituency of Oldham West and Royton by Michael Meacher (then incumbent MP for the old seat of Oldham West). He had also fought Central Norfolk in 1966 and Newport West in 1983.

On 3 October 1997 Davies was created a life peer as Baron Davies of Oldham, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire.

He served as Secretary to the Parliamentary Labour Party and Shadow Cabinet from 1979 until 1992. He also served as a member of the Medical Research Council from 1977 to 1979 and chaired the Further Education Funding Council from 1998 until 2000. In 2006, he was appointed to the Privy Council.

Davies ceased to be a member of the House of Lords on 9 July 2024 under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 because of non-attendance in the preceding session of Parliament.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Parliament of the United Kingdom . House of Lords . Retirements of Members and Cessation of Membership . The Lord Speaker . 10 July 2024 . 839 . 5–6 .