Quentin Davies

The Lord Davies of Stamford
Davies in 2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Equipment and Support
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byThe Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Succeeded byPeter Luff
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
14 September 2001 – 11 November 2003
LeaderIain Duncan Smith
Preceded byAndrew MacKay
Succeeded byDavid Lidington
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
7 July 2010 – 25 July 2023
Member of Parliament
for Grantham and Stamford
Stamford and Spalding (1987–97)
In office
11 June 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byKenneth Lewis
Succeeded byNick Boles
Personal details
Born(1944-05-29)29 May 1944
Oxford, England
Died13 January 2025(2025-01-13) (aged 80)
PartyLabour (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (until 2007)
Spouse
Chantal Tamplin
(m. 1983)
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (29 May 1944 – 13 January 2025) was a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defence minister in the Brown ministry from 2008 to 2010.

A Conservative until his high-profile defection in 2007, Davies was a member of Iain Duncan Smith's Shadow Cabinet from 2001 to 2003 as the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.