Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1475
daviesb@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Norfolk Central 1966 general election. MP (Labour) for Enfield North 1974-1979. Contested Newport West 1983 general election. MP (Labour) for Oldham Central and Royton 1992-97
Parliamentary career
Assistant Government Whip 1978-79;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Education 1993-95,
Education and Employment 1995-97
Lords career
Government Whip 2000-03;
Government Spokesperson for:
Home Office 2000-02,
Education and Skills 2001-03,
Culture, Media and Sport 2001-08,
Transport 2002-07,
Trade and Industry 2003-04;
Deputy Chief Whip (Captain, the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard) 2003-10;
Government Spokesperson for:
Cabinet Office 2007-08,
Treasury 2007-08,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2008,
Scotland 2008,
Wales 2008-10;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2009-10;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Transport 2010-,
Treasury 2010-,
Wales 2010-
Party groups
Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party and Shadow Cabinet 1979-92
Councils, public bodies
Member, Medical Research Council 1977-79;
Chair, Further Education Funding Council 1998-2000
Political interests
Economic policy, employment, training, education, arts, transport
Countries of interest
Nepal, Sri Lanka
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Davies of Oldham, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire 1997
Register of Interests
Nil
No registrable interests