David Lewis Davies (1873 – 25 November 1937) was a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1931 to 1937. He first stood for Parliament at the 1918 general election, when Pontypridd was won by the

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candidate Thomas Lewis. Lewis was forced to seek re-election in July 1922 when he was appointed as a

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(a nominal post held by a government

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), and the by-election was won by a new Labour candidate, Thomas Jones. Jones held the seat for nine years until he resigned from the House of Commons on 4 February 1931. Davies was the Labour candidate in the resulting by-election, which he won 60% of the votes. He held the seat for a further seven years, until his death in November 1937, aged 64.

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* 1873 births 1937 deaths Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Welsh Labour MPs {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub