Quentin Davies

John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 29 May 1944) is a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defence minister in the Brown ministry from 2008 to 2010.

The Lord Davies of Stamford
Davies in 2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Equipment and Support
In office
5 October 2008  11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byThe Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Succeeded byPeter Luff
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
14 September 2001  11 November 2003
LeaderIain Duncan Smith
Preceded byAndrew MacKay
Succeeded byDavid Lidington
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 July 2010  25 July 2023
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Grantham and Stamford
Stamford and Spalding (1987–97)
In office
11 June 1987  12 April 2010
Preceded byKenneth Lewis
Succeeded byNick Boles
Personal details
Born (1944-05-29) 29 May 1944
Oxford, England
Political partyLabour (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (until 2007)
Spouse
Chantal
(m. 1983)
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

A Conservative until his high-profile defection in 2007, Davies was a member of Iain Duncan Smith's Shadow Cabinet from 2001 to 2003 as the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.

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