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Denzil Davies | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2001 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 26 October 1984 – 14 June 1988 | |
Leader | Neil Kinnock |
Preceded by | John Silkin |
Succeeded by | Martin O'Neill |
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
In office 20 March 1983 – 31 October 1983 | |
Leader | Michael Foot |
Preceded by | Alec Jones |
Succeeded by | Barry Jones |
Minister of State at the Treasury | |
In office 17 June 1975 – 4 May 1979 | |
Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Preceded by | Robert Sheldon |
Succeeded by | Arthur Cockfield Peter Rees |
Member of Parliament for Llanelli | |
In office 19 June 1970 – 11 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | Jim Griffiths |
Succeeded by | Nia Griffith |
Personal details | |
Born | David John Denzil Davies 9 October 1938 Carmarthen |
Died | 10 October 2018 | (aged 80)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Mary Ann Finlay (div.) Ann Carlton |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
David John Denzil Davies PC (9 October 1938 – 10 October 2018) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli from 1970 to 2005, and was a member of the Privy Council.