Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC (born 9 November 1939) is a

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member of the

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. 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

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Early life and education

He was educated at

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County High School,

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, at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, graduating with a

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in history 1961, the

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(PGCE 1962) and at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, graduating with a

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in economics in 1968. He worked as a history teacher at

The Latymer School The Latymer School is a selective, Coeducation, mixed grammar school in Edmonton, London, Edmonton, London, England, established in 1624 by Edward Latymer. According to league tables, Latymer is one of the top state-schools in the country. Histo ...

from 1962 to 1965 and as a history and social science lecturer at

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, 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

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since 1979.

Political career

He was

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(MP) for

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from

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until he lost the seat in

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to the

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. Davies later served as MP for Oldham Central and Royton from

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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

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(then incumbent MP for the old seat of

Oldham West Oldham West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-west of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament ...

). He had also fought Central Norfolk in

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and Newport West in

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. On 3 October 1997 Davies was created a

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as Baron Davies of Oldham, ''of

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in the County of

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''. 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

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