Denzil Davies
David John Denzil Davies (* 9. October 1938 in Cynwyl Elfed at Carmarthen ; † 10. October 2018 ) was a Welsh politician of the Labor Party . From 1970 to 2005 he was a Member of the House of Commons for the city of Llanelli and a member of the Privy Council . From 1975 to 1979 he was Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
Life
Davies was born in 1938 to the miner Gareth Davies in southwest Wales. The father, who was blind in an accident at work, was a committed trade unionist and encouraged his son to join the Labor Party as a teenager. Davies holds a law degree from Pembroke College , Oxford, graduating with honors. He then worked as a lawyer in the capacity of a barrister . In 1963 he taught law at the University of Chicago and the following year at the University of Leeds .
In 1970 he became a Member of the House of Commons for the Labor Party. In 1974 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Wales . Harold Wilson appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer the following year and remained in office under his successor James Callaghan . In 1978 he became a member of the Privy Council, which advises the Queen as Privy Councilor.
After Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979, the Labor Party went into opposition and Davies first became fiscal spokesman, then foreign affairs spokesman in 1981 and defense spokesman the following year. In 1983 he ran for deputy chairman at a party congress, but was not elected. In 1988, he resigned after complaining that Labor leader Neil Kinnock had repeatedly spoken out on defense issues without consulting him. In 2005 he gave up his parliamentary mandate and withdrew from politics.
Davies was considered critical of Europe and campaigned for a largely independent Wales.
Private
In the former marriage, Davies was married to Mary Ann Finlay. The couple had a son and a daughter. The marriage ended in divorce in 1988. In 1989 Davies married Ann Carlton, who worked as a journalist and writer for the Labor Party's academic staff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Obituary , The Guardian , October 15, 2018
- ^ Denzil Davies , BBC News, accessed October 16, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davies, Denzil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davies, David John Denzil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh Labor Party politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cynwyl Elfed |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 2018 |