The Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, died 27 October, 2026, aged 86.
He was a Labour party politician, a former MP, and member of the House of Lords.
He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Bryan Davies was born 9 November, 1939, son of George Davies and his wife the former Beryl Parsons.
He married in 1963, Monica Shearing, ) in 1963, by whom he had issue, two sons, Roderick and Gordon, and a daughter, Amanda.
Davies was Labour MP for Enfield North from February 1974 until he lost the seat in 1979, and was MP for Oldham Central and Royton from 1992 until the seat was abolished by boundary changes in 1997. He was defeated for the Labour selection in the new constituency of Oldham West and Royton by Michael Meacher (then incumbent MP for the old seat of Oldham West). He had also fought Central Norfolk in 1966 and Newport West in 1983.
Davies was created a life and peer, 3 October, 1997, and his peerage was gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Davies of Oldham, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire.
He served as Secretary to the Parliamentary Labour Party and Shadow Cabinet from 1979 until 1992. He also served as a member of the Medical Research Council from 1977 to 1979 and chaired the Further Education Funding Council from 1998 until 2000. In 2006, he was appointed to the Privy Council.
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