Career
He was elected at a by-election in June 2006 following the death of independent Member of Parliament Peter Law, but lost his seat the at the 2010 general election to Labour"s Nick Smith by 10,516 votes. After losing his job at the steelworks that was shortly to close, he took a job with the union and he oversaw the loss of thousands of jobs. He was a trustee of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
Davies was a voluntary school governor at both primary and secondary level, a former Chair of a Community Health Council and a Community First Partnership Board.
He has been a Director of Development Trust. Davies was agent for both Llew Smith and Peter Law, and a political research officer and campaign manager for Peter Law.
In early 2007, BGPV had been in negotiations with John Marek and Ron Davies of Forward Wales to form an electoral alliance, that critics said would undermine their "independent" status. However nothing came of the talks.
After Davies lost his seat it is unsure of the future of the People"s Voice.
The election result was the first occasion an independent had held a seat occupied by a previous independent in a by-election since Sir C. V. F. Townshend held The Wrekin in 1920. This traditionally Labour seat has "returned to the fold" in electing Nick Smith on 6 May 2010 on a 29% swing to Labour and with a 10,000+ vote majority. While in the House of Commons, two other MPs have had the same phonetic name as him: David Davies is a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament elected in 2005, and David Davis is an English Conservative Member of Parliament and runner-up in that party"s last leadership election.
The resignation of Davis from the House of Commons in June 2008 allegedly proved problematic for the Monmouthshire Member of Parliament, and one could assume that Dai Davies was also included in this confusion.
On 23 June 2010 Davies gave his first interview since being defeated by his former party. Davies said he would still try and work for the people of Blaenau Gwent.