Quentin Davies
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John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 29 May 1944) is a British
Labour Party
politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987
to 2010. Originally elected as a Conservative
, he defected to Labour on 26 June 2007. Davies announced in 2010 that he would not stand for re-election in the coming general election. At the general election of 6 May 2010 Nicholas Boles, a Conservative, was elected in his place. On 28 May 2010 it was announced he would be made a life peer
in the Dissolution Honours List
.
, the son of a doctor
who had been in the Royal Air Force
(RAF) in World War II
(being stationed for a time at Grantham). He went to the local preparatory
Dragon School
, before attending the Quaker Leighton Park School
, Reading
. He attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
, where he was awarded a first class Bachelor of Arts
degree in history
in 1966 and was a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard University
.
and was appointed Third Secretary
at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
in 1967, and became a Second Secretary at HM Embassy
Moscow
in 1969, before returning to London as one of several First Secretaries at the Foreign Office in 1972.
in 1978 and a director of the international company in 1981, in which capacity he remained until his election to Parliament
in 1987. He continued as a consultant to Morgan Grenfell until 1993.
for the Conservatives. The by-election, caused by the resignation of Brian Walden
was won by Labour's John Sever
with a majority of 3,825. He was elected to the House of Commons ten years later at the 1987 General Election
for the safe Conservative seat of Stamford and Spalding
on the retirement of the sitting MP, Kenneth Lewis
. Davies held the seat with a majority of 13,991 votes. The constituency was abolished in 1997, and he represented the redrawn seat of Grantham and Stamford until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 General Election.
In Parliament, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary
(PPS) to the Minister of State
at the Department of Education and Science Angela Rumbold
in 1988, and remained her PPS in her incarnation as the Minister at the Home Office
. After the 1992 General Election
he was a member of the Treasury Committee
until he was promoted to the Opposition frontbench
by William Hague
in 1998 as a spokesman on social security
, moving in 1999 to speak on Treasury matters, moving again in 2000 as a spokesman on defence
. After the 2001 General Election
he joined the Shadow Cabinet
of Iain Duncan Smith
, even though he had backed Kenneth Clarke
's leadership bid. Under Iain Duncan Smith
, he became the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
, continuing until the election of Michael Howard
in 2003, when he became a member of the International Development Committee
, a role that he continued in until he joined the Labour Party in 2007.
Prior to becoming a Minister, Davies held many directorships and consultancies with several companies. He was awarded the 'Parliamentarian of the Year Award' by The Guardian
in 1996, the same year he was named 'Backbencher
of the Year' by BBC Radio 4
. He was the Chairman of the Conservative Group for Europe from March 2006 until his defection to Labour in June 2007. In 1991 he was fined for two charges of animal cruelty having been legally responsible for his farm employees’ failure to feed the sheep on his estate; following his conviction and the immediate dismissal of the shepherd who had been left in charge, he was greeted by Labour MPs with calls of 'Baaa!'
to join the Labour Party
benches on 26 June 2007, the night before Gordon Brown
became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
. Davies made his decision public in a letter to the Conservative leader David Cameron
in which he wrote, "Under your leadership the Conservative Party appears to me to have ceased collectively to believe in anything, or to stand for anything. It has no bedrock. It exists on shifting sands. A sense of mission has been replaced by a PR agenda." Davies went on, "I am looking forward to joining another party...which has just acquired a leader I have always greatly admired, who I believe is entirely straightforward, and who has a towering record, and a clear vision for the future of our country which I fully share." He accused David Cameron
of "superficiality, unreliability and an apparent lack of any clear convictions." He said that these qualities ought to "exclude you from the position of national leadership to which you aspire and which it is the presumed purpose of the Conservative Party to achieve."
Two years prior to his defection, in a speech in the House of Commons Davies described Gordon Brown as "extraordinarily incompetent", "imprudent", "extraordinarily naïve" and said in conclusion "I trust and believe that something nasty will happen to the Chancellor in electoral terms before too long. He will have no one but himself to blame."
for Defence Equipment and Support at the Ministry of Defence
. Davies replaces Lady Taylor
as both Parliamentary Under-Secretary and Defence Procurement Minister. Davies came under fire less than a month after taking over the Defence Equipment brief when an SAS reservist commander in Afghanistan resigned because of what he described as a 'chronic underinvestment' in troops' equipment and called the government's attitude to the consideration of the lack of military equipment 'cavalier at best, criminal at worst'.
Major Sebastien Morley resigned after four soldiers under his command were killed whilst serving in the Army's Snatch Land Rover
s which are lightly armoured and cannot withstand roadside bombs; the Snatches have been described as 'mobile coffins' by the soldiers. The government has now ordered new armoured vehicles to the areas in an effort to increase the security of those serving in the warzone and indeed to prevent more troop fatalities.
Davies added it was not the attitude of the government to be dismissive of the lives' of British soldiers and he said it was 'very surprising and sad' to hear the claims of the former SAS commander and when on visiting troops in Afghanistan recently all those he spoke to were pleased with the equipment supplied. He said: "Obviously, there may be occasions when, in retrospect, a commander chose the wrong piece of equipment, the wrong vehicle, for the particular threat that the patrol or whatever it was encountered and we had some casualties as a result."
, Lincolnshire
; she was his Parliamentary Assistant and they have two sons (Alexander born May 1987 and Nicholas in August 1988). They live at Frampton Hall (built in 1725 by Coney Tunnard) in Frampton
, in the borough of Boston
.
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Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
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politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987
United Kingdom general election, 1987
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to 2010. Originally elected as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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, he defected to Labour on 26 June 2007. Davies announced in 2010 that he would not stand for re-election in the coming general election. At the general election of 6 May 2010 Nicholas Boles, a Conservative, was elected in his place. On 28 May 2010 it was announced he would be made a life peer
Life peer
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in the Dissolution Honours List
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.
Early life and education
Quentin Davies was born in OxfordOxford
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, the son of a doctor
Physician
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who had been in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
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(RAF) in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
(being stationed for a time at Grantham). He went to the local preparatory
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
Dragon School
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...
, before attending the Quaker Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a co-educational Quaker independent school for both day and boarding pupils. It is situated in the large town of Reading in Berkshire, in South East England...
, Reading
Reading, Berkshire
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. He attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and...
, where he was awarded a first class Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in history
History
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in 1966 and was a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard University
Harvard University
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.
Diplomat
After his education, he joined the diplomatic serviceDiplomatic service
Diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries. Diplomatic personnel enjoy diplomatic immunity when they are accredited to other countries...
and was appointed Third Secretary
Diplomatic rank
Diplomatic rank is the system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. Over time it has been formalized on an international basis.-Ranks:...
at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
in 1967, and became a Second Secretary at HM Embassy
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1969, before returning to London as one of several First Secretaries at the Foreign Office in 1972.
Businessman
Davies left the diplomatic service in 1974 when he joined Morgan Grenfell. In turn he was an assistant director, the president of the firm in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1978 and a director of the international company in 1981, in which capacity he remained until his election to Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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in 1987. He continued as a consultant to Morgan Grenfell until 1993.
Politician
He contested the 1977 Birmingham Ladywood by-electionBirmingham Ladywood by-election, 1977
The Birmingham Ladywood by-election of 18 August 1977 was held after Labour Member of Parliament Brian Walden resigned in order to concentrate on his career as a journalist and broadcaster. A safe Labour seat, it was retained by the party....
for the Conservatives. The by-election, caused by the resignation of Brian Walden
Brian Walden
Alastair Brian Walden is a British journalist and broadcaster who was a Labour Member of Parliament for a decade. He is the father of actor Ben Walden....
was won by Labour's John Sever
John Sever
Eric John Sever is a former Labour Party politician in England.Sever was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood in a by-election in 1977. He served until 1983, when he was deselected as Labour candidate and replaced by Clare Short. Sever stood in Meriden, but lost by 15,018...
with a majority of 3,825. He was elected to the House of Commons ten years later at the 1987 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 1987
The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the British House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive election victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the 2nd...
for the safe Conservative seat of Stamford and Spalding
Stamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)
Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
on the retirement of the sitting MP, Kenneth Lewis
Kenneth Lewis
Sir Kenneth Lewis was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Rutland and Stamford from 1959 to 1983, and following boundary changes for Stamford and Spalding from 1983 to 1987.Son of William and Agnes Lewis, Kenneth Lewis was...
. Davies held the seat with a majority of 13,991 votes. The constituency was abolished in 1997, and he represented the redrawn seat of Grantham and Stamford until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 General Election.
In Parliament, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...
(PPS) to the Minister of State
Minister of State
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at the Department of Education and Science Angela Rumbold
Angela Rumbold
Dame Angela Claire Rosemary Rumbold, DBE was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament until 1997.- Education :...
in 1988, and remained her PPS in her incarnation as the Minister at the Home Office
Home Office
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. After the 1992 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 1992
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he was a member of the Treasury Committee
Treasury Committee
The House of Commons Treasury Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
until he was promoted to the Opposition frontbench
Frontbencher
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by William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...
in 1998 as a spokesman on social security
Department of Social Security
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, moving in 1999 to speak on Treasury matters, moving again in 2000 as a spokesman on defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
. After the 2001 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 2001
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he joined the Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet
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of Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith
George Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative politician. He is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was previously leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003...
, even though he had backed Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...
's leadership bid. Under Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith
George Iain Duncan Smith is a British Conservative politician. He is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was previously leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to October 2003...
, he became the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and his department, the Northern Ireland Office. The post is currently held by Shaun Woodward...
, continuing until the election of Michael Howard
Michael Howard
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005...
in 2003, when he became a member of the International Development Committee
International Development Committee
The International Development Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for International Development and its associated public...
, a role that he continued in until he joined the Labour Party in 2007.
Prior to becoming a Minister, Davies held many directorships and consultancies with several companies. He was awarded the 'Parliamentarian of the Year Award' by The Guardian
The Guardian
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in 1996, the same year he was named 'Backbencher
Backbencher
In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition...
of the Year' by BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
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. He was the Chairman of the Conservative Group for Europe from March 2006 until his defection to Labour in June 2007. In 1991 he was fined for two charges of animal cruelty having been legally responsible for his farm employees’ failure to feed the sheep on his estate; following his conviction and the immediate dismissal of the shepherd who had been left in charge, he was greeted by Labour MPs with calls of 'Baaa!'
Move from Conservative Party to Labour Party
Davies left the Conservative PartyConservative Party (UK)
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to join the Labour Party
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...
benches on 26 June 2007, the night before Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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. Davies made his decision public in a letter to the Conservative leader David Cameron
David Cameron
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in which he wrote, "Under your leadership the Conservative Party appears to me to have ceased collectively to believe in anything, or to stand for anything. It has no bedrock. It exists on shifting sands. A sense of mission has been replaced by a PR agenda." Davies went on, "I am looking forward to joining another party...which has just acquired a leader I have always greatly admired, who I believe is entirely straightforward, and who has a towering record, and a clear vision for the future of our country which I fully share." He accused David Cameron
David Cameron
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of "superficiality, unreliability and an apparent lack of any clear convictions." He said that these qualities ought to "exclude you from the position of national leadership to which you aspire and which it is the presumed purpose of the Conservative Party to achieve."
Two years prior to his defection, in a speech in the House of Commons Davies described Gordon Brown as "extraordinarily incompetent", "imprudent", "extraordinarily naïve" and said in conclusion "I trust and believe that something nasty will happen to the Chancellor in electoral terms before too long. He will have no one but himself to blame."
Criticism of Ministry of Defence's attitude to war equipment
On 5 October 2008, Davies was promoted to the government, becoming a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of StateParliamentary Under-Secretary of State
A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State....
for Defence Equipment and Support at the Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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. Davies replaces Lady Taylor
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was Minister for International Defence and Security, based at both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from October 2008 until 11 May 2010.-Member of Parliament:Taylor was the...
as both Parliamentary Under-Secretary and Defence Procurement Minister. Davies came under fire less than a month after taking over the Defence Equipment brief when an SAS reservist commander in Afghanistan resigned because of what he described as a 'chronic underinvestment' in troops' equipment and called the government's attitude to the consideration of the lack of military equipment 'cavalier at best, criminal at worst'.
Major Sebastien Morley resigned after four soldiers under his command were killed whilst serving in the Army's Snatch Land Rover
Snatch Land Rover
The Snatch Land Rover is a protected patrol vehicle, based around the Land Rover Defender 110 chassis, intended for general patrolling in low-threat areas and is the successor to the Truck Utility Medium with Vehicle Protection Kit...
s which are lightly armoured and cannot withstand roadside bombs; the Snatches have been described as 'mobile coffins' by the soldiers. The government has now ordered new armoured vehicles to the areas in an effort to increase the security of those serving in the warzone and indeed to prevent more troop fatalities.
Davies added it was not the attitude of the government to be dismissive of the lives' of British soldiers and he said it was 'very surprising and sad' to hear the claims of the former SAS commander and when on visiting troops in Afghanistan recently all those he spoke to were pleased with the equipment supplied. He said: "Obviously, there may be occasions when, in retrospect, a commander chose the wrong piece of equipment, the wrong vehicle, for the particular threat that the patrol or whatever it was encountered and we had some casualties as a result."
Expenses
In 2009, during the row over MPs' expenses, the Sunday Mirror alleged Davies claimed £10,000 for repairs to window frames at his "second home", an 18th century mansion, while staying at his "main home", a flat in Westminster. In 2008, his Member's Claim Form for Additional Costs Allowance was filled out with a figure of £20,700 relating to maintenance to a Bell Tower. The form was later amended to read £5,376. Davies' total expense claims were often higher than the average. of all MPs.Personal life
He married Chantal Tamplin (daughter of Lt.Col Richard Tamplin) in 1983 at St Andrew's church in IrnhamIrnham
Irnham is a village in Lincolnshire in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is about ten miles south east of Grantham, To the north is Osgodby, to the south Swinstead, and to the west Corby Glen. The village is on a high limestone ridge that forms the southern part of the Lincolnshire...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
; she was his Parliamentary Assistant and they have two sons (Alexander born May 1987 and Nicholas in August 1988). They live at Frampton Hall (built in 1725 by Coney Tunnard) in Frampton
Frampton, Lincolnshire
Frampton is a village in Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated just to the south of the town of Boston and to the east of the A16, which runs along the townlands...
, in the borough of Boston
Boston (borough)
Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. It lies around N53°0'0" W0°0'0"....
.
Publications
- Britain and Europe: A Conservative View by Quentin Davies, 1996, London Conservative Group for Europe.
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle: Quentin Davies MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com — Quentin Davies MP
- Register of interests
- Davies meets Labour supporters in Grantham, after joining the Labour Party (video)
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