Peter Davies (politician)

Peter Davies
Peter Davies
Mayor of Doncaster
	In office; 8 June 2009 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Martin Winter
Succeeded by	Ros Jones
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76); Woodlands, England
Political party	Independent (since 2013) ; English Democrats (2004–2013); UK Reform (1998–2004); UKIP (1993–1998); Conservative (1973–1993); Labour (Until 1973)

Peter Davies (born 1948) is an English politician who was the Mayor of Doncaster from 2009 to 2013.^[1] He was initially elected for the English Democrats, but announced his resignation from the party on 5 February 2013 citing "a big influx of new members joining from the British National Party".^[2] He subsequently lost narrowly the 2013 election to Labour's Ros Jones.

^ "'New broom' pledges to sweep political halls of Doncaster clean", Yorkshire Post, 5 June 2009
^ BBC News "Doncaster mayor quits English Democrats 'because of BNP'", 5 February 2013

[broom-1] "'New broom' pledges to sweep political halls of Doncaster clean", Yorkshire Post, 5 June 2009

[2] BBC News "Doncaster mayor quits English Democrats 'because of BNP'", 5 February 2013

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Peter Davies

Mayor of Doncaster
In office 8 June 2009 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Martin Winter
Succeeded by	Ros Jones

Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Woodlands, England
Political party	Independent (since 2013) English Democrats (2004–2013) UK Reform (1998–2004) UKIP (1993–1998) Conservative (1973–1993) Labour (Until 1973)