- Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis
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Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, PC (born 6 December 1928) is a British politician belonging to the Labour Party.
Clinton Davis was educated at Hackney Downs School, the Mercers' School, and at King's College London where he graduated in Law in 1950. He later became a solicitor.
Clinton Davis was elected as Member of Parliament for Hackney Central at the 1970 general election and held the seat until it was abolished in boundary changes for the 1983 general election. Clinton Davis was a junior minister for Trade during the 1974–1979 Labour government.
Clinton Davis was appointed a European Commissioner in the Delors Commission 1985–88, responsible for the environment, consumer protection and transport. He became a life peer as Baron Clinton-Davis, of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in 1990 and was chair of the Refugee Council 1989–97. Following the Labour victory in the 1997 general election, Clinton-Davis once again became a minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Stanley Clinton Davis
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Herbert ButlerMember of Parliament for Hackney Central
1970–1983constituency abolished Political offices Preceded by
Karl-Heinz Narjes (environment & consumer protection)
Giorgios Contogeorgis (transport)European Commissioner for Environment, consumer protection and transport
1985–1988Succeeded by
Carlo Ripa di Meana (environment)
Grigoris Varfis (consumer protection) Karel Van Miert (transport)European Commissioners from the United Kingdom Catherine Ashton | Peter Mandelson | Chris Patten | Neil Kinnock | Bruce Millan | Leon Brittan | Arthur Cockfield | Stanley Clinton Davis | Ivor Richard | Christopher Tugendhat | Roy Jenkins | George Thomson | Christopher SoamesEuropean Commissioners for Transport Categories:- 1928 births
- Living people
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1970–1974
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–1979
- UK MPs 1979–1983
- Hackney Members of Parliament
- Labour Party (UK) life peers
- British European Commissioners
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Alumni of King's College London
- Fellows of King's College London
- Labour MP (UK) stubs
- European politician stubs
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