Bryn Davies

Who is Bryn Davies?

Brinley Howard Davies, usually known as Bryn Davies is a British trade unionist, actuary and politician who was Leader of the Inner London Education Authority in the early 1980s.

Davies graduated from the University of Hull and qualified as an actuary. He worked in the pensions industry, becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1974. He worked for the Trade Union Congress as Pensions Officer from that year, advising member unions on occupational and state pensions. With this came membership of the Occupation Pensions Board. He was also elected to Lambeth London Borough Council from 1978 where he became Deputy Leader.

At the beginning of 1980 the opportunity arose for him to go into London-wide politics in a byelection for the Greater London Council at Vauxhall, which he won easily as a Labour candidate. With membership of the GLC came ex officio membership of the Inner London Education Authority. Davies aligned himself with the left under Ken Livingstone.

The 1981 elections brought a new left majority to London.