Liberal Candidate
Davies fought Central Aberdeenshire for the Liberals in 1945 and West Aberdeenshire in 1950. He contested Oxford in 1955, 1959 and 1964 raising the Liberal vote and he became a member of the Liberal Party Council. In 1962 he was elected to Oxford City Council. He was always on the radical wing of the party and was in particular a supporter of nuclear disarmament being one time chair of Oxford CND. He was awarded the CBE for political and public service in 1984.
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