Denzil Davies

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David John Denzil Davies (born 9 October 1938, Carmarthen) was the Welsh Member of Parliament for Llanelli for the Labour Party from 1970 to 2005, and a member of the Privy Council.

He attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Pembroke College, Oxford where he graduated with First Class Honours in Law and Gray's Inn where he qualified as a barrister. He lectured in Law at Chicago University and the University of Leeds.

For four years when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, he served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. He resigned from the front bench in 1988 in protest at Neil Kinnock's management style. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Labour Party deputy leadership in 1983.

He was one of the few Labour MPs in the House at the time of the 1997 landslide returning Labour to power to have experience of government under James Callaghan who he served as a Treasury Minister. He is seen as a Eurosceptic, and opposed the National Assembly for Wales.

He stood down at the 2005 general election, and was replaced by Nia Griffith.

[edit] Offices Held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jim Griffiths	Member of Parliament for Llanelli 1970–2005	Succeeded by Nia Griffith

[edit] External links

• BBC profile (outdated)