Background
Born in London, Davies was the son of Albert Emil Davies, a writer, lecturer and prominent Labour Party member of the London County Council.
Born in London, Davies was the son of Albert Emil Davies, a writer, lecturer and prominent Labour Party member of the London County Council.
Davies was educated at Wycliffe College and the University of London, graduating with a Diploma in.
In 1922 he travelled to the United States where he worked for a number of years. From 1938 until 1940, he was the Governor for National Froebel Foundation (an educational foundation). From 1940– 1945 he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, becoming its North American Service Organiser in 1944.
He returned to journalism after he lost his seat in parliament, and was managing editor, Traffic Engineering and Control from 1960-1976 and managing editor of Antique Finder from 1962-1972.
Davies joined the Fabian Society in 1919 and the Labour Party in 1924. With elections postponed due to World World War II, Davies did not contest another election until 1945.
He was appointed parliamentary private secretary to Hector McNeil, Minister of State at the Foreign Office. Following boundary changes, Davies was elected to the new constituency of Enfield East at the 1950 general election.
He was briefly parliamentary under-secretary of state for Foreign Affairs under Ernest Bevin and Herbert Morrison before Labour lost power at the 1951 general election.
He retired from parliament at the 1959 general election.
From 1929 until 1932 Davies was editor of The Clarion a weekly socialist newspaper, and in 1932 became associate editor of its short-lived successor the New Clarion. At the 1935 general election he was the party"s candidate for the seat of Peterborough, but failed to be elected.
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He became member of parliament for Enfield, one of many new Labour MPs who were elected in a landslide victory.