Davies graduated from the University of Hull and qualified as an actuary. He worked in the pensions industry, becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1974. He worked for the Trade Union Congress as Pensions Officer from that year, advising member unions on occupational and state pensions.[2] With this came membership of the Occupation Pensions Board. He was also elected to Lambeth London Borough Council from 1978 where he became Deputy Leader.[citation needed]
The 1981 elections brought a new left majority to London. On 9 May 1981 Davies was chosen to be the new Leader of ILEA at the Annual General Meeting of the ILEA Labour Group, ousting Sir Ashley Bramall by 21 votes to 15. Bramall, who had been Leader for the previous eleven years, would have preferred to stay. Frances Morrell became Deputy Leader, replacing Mair Garside. The Labour right thought this takeover had been brutal and several of them decided to make life difficult for the new administration.
Among the first decisions taken under Davies' control was to allow GLC teachers paid leave to attend the People's March for Jobs, a protest against unemployment, but a rebellion by more moderate Labour councillors defeated the plan. ILEA continued the comprehensivisation policy and intensified it by ending 'streaming' within schools and insisting that Church schools end all selection as well. Davies' early priorities included a reduction in the price of school meals, which he eventually pressed through in spite of defeats caused by Labour rebellions and efforts to have it declared illegal.[citation needed]
ILEA's budget increased by 14% in the first year (and its precept by 46%) while the Conservatives nationally criticised the cost of schooling under ILEA which was the highest in the country. Margaret Thatcher had taken against ILEA when Education Secretary in the Heath government. However Davies never had to deal with the abolition of ILEA, as his deputy Frances Morrell used her connections within the GLC Women's Group to depose him in April 1983. He remained as a backbencher long enough to prove his left-wing credentials by supporting the strategy, subsequently held to be illegal, of refusing to set a GLC rate as a protest at ratecapping.[citation needed]
Davies went back into pensions in 1985 as a Director of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants. Later that year he was appointed as a Research Actuary at Bacon and Woodrow,[1] and resigned from the GLC and ILEA. In 1989 he set up Union Pension Services Ltd., a consultancy on occupation pensions specialising in those for trade unions.[4] He continues to work in and write about pensions.[5]
Davies was made a Baron in the Dissolution Peerages 2019 by the Leader of the Labour Party at the time, Jeremy Corbyn. He made his maiden speech on 25 November 2020.[6]
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materUniversity of HullProfessionTrade unionistactuaryDavies graduated from the University of Hull and qualified as an actuary He worked in the pensions industry becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1974 He worked for the Trade Union Congress as Pensions Officer from that year advising member unions on occupational and state pensions 2 With this came membership of the Occupation Pensions Board He was also elected to Lambeth London Borough Council from 1978 where he became Deputy Leader citation needed At the beginning of 1980 the opportunity arose for him to go into London wide politics in a by election for the Greater London Council at Vauxhall which he won easily as a Labour candidate 3 With membership of the GLC came ex officio membership of the Inner London Education Authority Davies aligned himself with the left under Ken Livingstone citation needed The 1981 elections brought a new left majority to London On 9 May 1981 Davies was chosen to be the new Leader of ILEA at the Annual General Meeting of the ILEA Labour Group ousting Sir Ashley Bramall by 21 votes to 15 Bramall who had been Leader for the previous eleven years would have preferred to stay Frances Morrell became Deputy Leader replacing Mair Garside The Labour right thought this takeover had been brutal and several of them decided to make life difficult for the new administration Among the first decisions taken under Davies control was to allow GLC teachers paid leave to attend the People s March for Jobs a protest against unemployment but a rebellion by more moderate Labour councillors defeated the plan ILEA continued the comprehensivisation policy and intensified it by ending streaming within schools and insisting that Church schools end all selection as well Davies early priorities included a reduction in the price of school meals which he eventually pressed through in spite of defeats caused by Labour rebellions and efforts to have it declared illegal citation needed ILEA s budget increased by 14 in the first year and its precept by 46 while the Conservatives nationally criticised the cost of schooling under ILEA which was the highest in the country Margaret Thatcher had taken against ILEA when Education Secretary in the Heath government However Davies never had to deal with the abolition of ILEA as his deputy Frances Morrell used her connections within the GLC Women s Group to depose him in April 1983 He remained as a backbencher long enough to prove his left wing credentials by supporting the strategy subsequently held to be illegal of refusing to set a GLC rate as a protest at ratecapping citation needed Davies went back into pensions in 1985 as a Director of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants Later that year he was appointed as a Research Actuary at Bacon and Woodrow 1 and resigned from the GLC and ILEA In 1989 he set up Union Pension Services Ltd a consultancy on occupation pensions specialising in those for trade unions 4 He continues to work in and write about pensions 5 Davies was made a Baron in the Dissolution Peerages 2019 by the Leader of the Labour Party at the time Jeremy Corbyn He made his maiden speech on 25 November 2020 6 References edit a b Bryn Davies Bryn Davies Author at ToUChstone blog Greater London Council Election results Lambeth Archived from the original on 10 November 1999 Union Pension Services Muir 2011 Muir Dana M Turner John A eds Imagining the Ideal Pension System International Perspectives by Dana M Muir Editor and John A Turner Editor doi 10 17848 9780880993920 ISBN 9780880993920 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a journal ignored help Queen confers Peerages GOV UK 31 July 2020 Preceded byAshley Bramall Leader of the Inner London Education Authority1981 1983 Succeeded byFrances MorrellOrders of precedence in the United KingdomPreceded byThe Lord Spencer of Alresford GentlemenBaron Davies of Brixton Followed byThe Lord Dodds of Duncairn Retrieved from https en 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