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Davies was
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In 1971, firmly on the Right of the Labour Party, Davies was one of the 69 Labour MPs who defied the
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on the establishment of a Welsh
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He married Doreen
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from 1959 until he died in office in 1982. He was succeeded by
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478:Brandy Cove
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463:Rotherslade
413:Burry Holms
140:Labour Whip
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1067:Categories
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1007:Jo Mazelis
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767:Port Eynon
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508:Oxwich Bay
483:Pwlldu Bay
211:References
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119:and Welsh
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