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Biography
Personal:
Quentin Davies was born in 1944 in Oxford, where his father was a G.P. He studied at Cambridge, where he gained a First Class honours degree in history, and at Harvard where he was a Frank Knox Fellow. Before entering politics, he was successively in the British Diplomatic Service (including jobs as 2nd Secretary in the Moscow Embassy and 1st Secretary in the Foreign Office), and in investment banking, latterly as a Director and head of European Corporate Finance for Morgan Grenfell.
Quentin was married at Irnham, in the constituency, in 1983 to Chantal and they have two sons Alex and Nick. They live in Lincolnshire.
Parliamentary:
Quentin Davies was first elected to Parliament in 1987 for Stamford and Spalding and, since the boundary changes in 1997, he has represented Grantham and Stamford.
On 26 June 2007, Quentin announced that he was crossing the floor of the House to join the Labour benches.
In Parliament, Quentin served as P.P.S. at the Department for Education and Science and the Home Office, when the Conservative Party was in government. On the backbenches he served on the Treasury Select Committee, on the European Scrutiny Committee and on the Standards and Privileges Committee (the Commons’ Ethics Committee). Since 1997, he has been successively an Opposition Spokesman for Social Security and Pensions, for Treasury matters (Shadow Paymaster General) and for Defence, before being appointed to the Shadow Cabinet in 2001 as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for two years. From 2003- 2007 Quentin was a member of the Select Committee on International Development, which oversees the work of the Department for International Development, distributing the country’s aid budget around the world. From 2006-2007 Quentin was the Chairman of The Conservative Group for Europe.
Quentin was named Guardian Parliamentarian of the Year and Radio 4 Backbencher of the Year in 1996, and given the Spectator Backbencher of the Year award in 1998. He is known as an independent-minded and outspoken M.P. with a long-standing record of expertise in financial and economic matters.
Other interests:
Quentin enjoys reading, history, walking with his dog, the countryside and travel.
Focus on the Constituency:
Quentin holds regular “Surgeries” for constituents to discuss issues and problems with him, in Grantham, Stamford and Bourne. He writes a regular article for the Grantham Journal and occasional articles for the Stamford Mercury and the Bourne Local. He is also a frequent contributor to national and local television and radio programmes.
Quentin has been involved with many successful campaigns. He spear-headed many years of lobbying which led to a lorry ban through Stamford in 2001. He has recently launched initiatives to revive both the Grantham and Stamford bypass projects.
In 2004, Quentin successfully intervened to save the two Citizens Advice Bureaux in Grantham and Stamford, whose funding was in doubt. He also led a robust campaign to restore the G.P. out-of-hours service, which the PCT had removed. This included securing a debate in the House of Commons in October 2004 to challenge the Government on their responsibilities. This campaign achieved a considerable victory - the Government and the PCT were forced to retreat and a doctor is now available on a 24hr a day basis.
Both in 2005 and 2006, the main thrust of his constituency efforts was once again directed at the local health service. He led vigourous campaigns in both Grantham and Stamford to protect the local hospitals, lobbying the Hospital Trusts and promoting and joining very successful public protest marches. His aim at all times is to protect frontline medical facilities there.
Protecting green spaces and the countryside in his constituency has been a major concern since Quentin was elected to Parliament. He has successfully intervened in a number of planning controversies including, in the recent past, the schemes at: Hazelgrove, Emelyn Street, Stamford: the Croake Hill redevelopment in Swinstead, the Mirlees Blackstone Sports Club in Stamford and the proposed redevelpoment scheme at The Croft in Bourne.
Quentin actively supports a number of voluntary and charitable organisations in the constituency. His formal associations with some of these include: Patron, South Lincolnshire Branch of the Alzheimers Society; President, Arthritis Care, Grantham Branch; Patron, Stamford Shakespeare Company; Patron, Stamford Amateur Musical Society; Member of the Grantham Civic Society and Member of the Stamford Civic Society.
