The Right Honourable David John Denzil Davies (born October 9, 1938) was the Welsh member of Parliament for Llanelli for the Labour Party from 1970 to 2005, and a member of the Privy Council. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Llanelli is a coastal town in Carmarthenshire, Wales and approximately 13 km (8 miles) from Swansea. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

He served as a Minister in the Treasury under both Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan, and was shadow defence secretary during four years of Mrs Thatcher's premiership. The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... This article is about the British politician. ... James Callaghan is also a former MP for Heywood & Middleton. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), born Margaret Hilda Roberts, is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the only woman as of 2005 to serve in that position. ...

Seen as a moderate, he worked to moving the Labour Party policy in the 1980s away from opposition to unilateralist disarmament. However, he resigned from the Labour front bench, allegedley following an evening socialising in 1988, subsequently claiming that Neil Kinnock made policy changes without consulting him. Lord Kinnock The Right Honourable Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. ...

He served out his time as a backbench MP a somewhat entrenched figure on the backbenches, seen as too popular in his constituency to be targeted by New Labour, but exercising little influence within the Labour Government.

He has developed a role as a devoted campaigner on specific issues, particularly constitutional matters, on which he often goes against the grain of Labour thought.

He was noted as being one of the most fervent Eurosceptics in the House of Commons, and even stood in the 1994 Labour Party leadership election. He was also a consistent opponent of Welsh devolution.

He stood down at the 2005 general election, and was replaced by Nia Griffith. Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... Nia Griffith is the Labour MP for Llanelli. ...