David Lewis Davies
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David Lewis Davies was a British Labour Party
politician. He was the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Pontypridd
from 1931 to 1937.
He first stood for Parliament at the 1918 general election
, when Pontypridd was won by the Coalition Liberal candidate Thomas Lewis
. Lewis was forced to seek re-election in July 1922 when he was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (a nominal post held by a government whip
), and the by-election was won by a new Labour candidate, Thomas Jones
.
Jones held the seat for nine years until he resigned from the House of Commons
on 4 February 1931. Davies was the Labour candidate in the resulting by-election, which he won 60% of the votes. He held the seat for a further seven years, until his death in November 1937, aged 64.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician. He was the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Pontypridd
Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)
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from 1931 to 1937.
He first stood for Parliament at the 1918 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1918
The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...
, when Pontypridd was won by the Coalition Liberal candidate Thomas Lewis
Thomas Arthur Lewis
Thomas Arthur Lewis was a Welsh school teacher, barrister and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:...
. Lewis was forced to seek re-election in July 1922 when he was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (a nominal post held by a government whip
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
), and the by-election was won by a new Labour candidate, Thomas Jones
Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones
Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones was a British politician and miner.The son of a Welsh miner, who later died in the mines, Jones rose up the ranks of the Labour Party to become Member of Parliament for Pontypridd in 1922....
.
Jones held the seat for nine years until he resigned from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
on 4 February 1931. Davies was the Labour candidate in the resulting by-election, which he won 60% of the votes. He held the seat for a further seven years, until his death in November 1937, aged 64.