[3][4] He was the son of Mr. A. Davies, colliery examiner and he joined the London education service in 1926.
He would get involved in politics and ran as the Liberal party candidate for St Pancras South West at the 1929 General Election, when he finished third.
He then switched to the Labour party, running as their candidate for St Pancras South West and won the seat with a majority of 3,671 votes.
The constituency was then abolished and merged into neighboring ones and instead he ran as the candidate for York in the 1950 Election.
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