Glyn Davies MP |
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Glyn Davies MP
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Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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Preceded by | Lembit Öpik |
Majority | 5,325 (15.8%) |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007 |
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Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Alun Davies |
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Born |
Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
16 February 1944
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
Website | Official website |
Edward Glyn Davies (born 16 February 1944) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire since May 2010, and is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales in the Mid and West Wales region (which covers the areas of Powys, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Camarthenshire and Gwynedd).
Educated at Castle Caereinion Primary School and Llanfair Caereinion High School. At the age of 50, he attended Aberystwyth University where he gained a Diploma in International Law and Politics.
He spent his early working life running the family farm near Castle Caereinion, Welshpool on which he was born and in which still has a business interest. He now lives at Cil Farm, Berriew in a house once owned by Arthur Humphreys-Owen who served as an MP for Davies' seat from 1894-1906.
In 2002, Davies underwent major surgery for rectal cancer. He went on to make a full recovery and in 2006 competed in a rugby game alongside Jonah Lomu to promote the message that is possible to make a full recovery following a serious illness and to raise money for charity.
Davies was a farmer. He is a former Chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales and also served as a Member of the Welsh Development Agency and the Welsh Tourist Board.