John Percival Davies, 1st Baron Darwen (28 March 1885 – 26 December 1950), was a British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician.
[1] Davies became interested in socialism, and joined the Independent Labour Party and the Fabian Society.
[1] Davies repeatedly fought the Conservative seat of Skipton, in 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935 and 1945, but was never successful.
On 12 February 1946 Davies was raised to the peerage as Baron Darwen, of Heys-in-Bowland in the West Riding of the County of York.
Lord Darwen married Mary Kathleen, daughter of Alfred Kemp Brown, in 1914.