Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek
Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek, of Leek in the County of Staffordshire (* July 31, 1904, † 28 October 1985) is a British Labour Party politician, who for 25 years Member of the House of Commons was in 1970 was due to the Life peerages Act 1958 as Life peer member of the House of Lords was.
Life
Davies was first elected as a Labour candidate in the constituency of Leek in the general election on June 18, 1945 Member in the House of Commons, following in his party colleague William Bromfield, who once represented the constituency 1918-1931 and since 1935 and on a renewed candidacy had renounced.
After the election of the Labour Party in the general election of October 15, 1964 Davies was on 20 October 1964 by Prime Minister Harold Wilson to the Parliamentary Secretary ( Parliamentary Secretary ) at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance ) called and held this function with Norman Pentland until 6 August 1966. According to a transformation of the Ministry and Pentland he acted then until January 7, 1967 as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Social Security (Ministry of social Security ) they were the closest collaborators of Margaret Herbison, who was a Minister in that department between 18 October 1964 and 26 July 1967.
During the Vietnam War, Davies was sent in 1965 by Prime Minister Wilson 's special envoy for peace talks to North Vietnam, to whom he was in contact.
After completing his work at the Ministry of Social Security Davies was born on January 7, 1967 Parliamentary Private Secretary ( Parliamentary Private Secretary ) of Prime Minister Wilson, and held this post until the end of Wilson's term of office after the election defeat of the Labour Party at the general election of June 18, 1970. the same time, Davies was appointed on January 8, 1969 Privy Councillor.
By Letters Patent of September 28, 1970 Davies was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Davies of Leek, of Leek in the County of Staffordshire in the peerage and thus belonged to his death in the House of Lords as a member.