Dai Davies (politician)
| Dai Davies | |
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Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent |
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In office 29 June 2006 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Law |
| Succeeded by | Nick Smith |
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26 November 1959 Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Political party |
People's Voice (2005–2010) Labour (before 2005) |
David Clifford Davies (born 26 November 1959), commonly known as Dai Davies, was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Blaenau Gwent constituency in South Wales from 2006 to 2010, representing the Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group. He was elected at a by-election in June 2006 following the death of independent MP Peter Law, but lost his seat the at the 2010 general election to Labour's Nick Smith by 10,516 votes.
Davies worked in the electrical department at the steelworks in Ebbw Vale for 26 years; he was a senior trade union shop steward for over 15 years and a member of the Nation Industrial Committee for Steel. After losing his job at the steelworks that was shortly to close, he took a job with the union and he oversaw the loss of thousands of jobs. He was a trustee of the British Steel plc Pension Scheme.
Davies was a voluntary school governor at both primary and secondary level, a former Chair of a Community Health Council and a Community First Partnership Board. He has been a Director of Development Trust.
Davies was agent for both Llew Smith and Peter Law, and a political research officer and campaign manager for Peter Law.
He was until his defeat in 2010 the leader of Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group, a political party that had announced intentions to expand outside his own constituency in the 2007 Assembly elections. In early 2007, BGPV had been in negotiations with John Marek and Ron Davies of Forward Wales to form an electoral alliance, that critics said would undermine their 'independent' status. However nothing came of the talks. After Davies lost his seat it is unsure of the future of the People's Voice.
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