Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham

The Right Honourable The Lord Davies of Oldham PC
Official portrait, 2018
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 13 June 2003 – 6 May 2010
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord McIntosh of Haringey
Succeeded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 1 July 2000 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	The Lord Burlison
Succeeded by	The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 3 October 1997 – 9 July 2024 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Oldham Central and Royton
In office 9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	James Lamond
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Enfield North
In office 28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Tim Eggar
Personal details
Born	(1939-11-09) 9 November 1939
Political party	Labour
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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bryan Davies