The president of one union, and general secretary of another, he also served as a city councillor and contested numerous Parliamentary elections.
Born in South Wales, Davies worked as a shop assistant in Cardiff for a couple of years, then became a journalist, focusing on reporting the labour movement.
[5] Davies won election as a Labour Party member of Leicester City Council.
He next stood in the 1928 Tavistock by-election, and contested the seat again in the 1929 and 1931 United Kingdom general elections.
The Labour Party's national leadership rebuked him for this, but he maintained his position and was therefore dropped as a candidate.