Talk:Chris Davies (Liberal Democrat politician)

POV - vanity edit?
This article was substantially rewritten and expanded on 27 September 2006 in two edits (diff) by User:Amanderson1. The unwikified text which was added reads like the sort of bio which might be produced by a politician's own office ... and Chris Davies website reveals that his press officer is called Avril Manderson. Could this be the same person? (These are (Amanderson1's only contribs to date).

If so, this appears to be a vanity edit by a Meatpuppet.

I have edited the text a little wikify it to restore some neutrality (see diff), but it really needs further work. User:Amanderson1 has added some useful detailed imnformation, but there is also a lot of promotional blurb which ought to be removed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The biography looks like a copy & paste from his website (http://chrisdaviesmep.org.uk/?page_id=2)195.37.142.72 (talk) 11:49, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

I inserted material about his arrest for cannabis possession, which seems sufficiently unusual and noteworthy to merit a mention (and was widely covered in the media at the time). I attempted to give a neutral statement of the facts about the alleged fraud at the European Parliament, where previously the article just parroted CD's own claims. A little more neutrality was called for. Then I reinserted the quotation of the email which led to his resignation, since it is the tone of the message which made his position untenable, not his views per se. And I removed an extensive quotation from a newspaper opinion piece excusing his behavior, as not suited to an encyclopedia entry. The fact of his resignation had got pushed to the very end of the paragraph: now it has the prominence it deserves. All of these changes, which I attempted to justify briefly while making them, were reverted, for no good reason as far as I can see. But I will welcome further discussion.Uthor (talk) 03:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Proposal for changes
I am Chris Davies and given that I am the subject of this page, I have a conflict of interest.

Despite this COI, I would like to propose some changes and contribute some additional information. I feel that the page is currently not a completely accurate reflection of my personal life and political career. However, I feel that with a few changes, the page could provide a more detailed overview of my life to date.

My first proposed change would be to move my residency information from the 'Controversies' section into the 'Biography' section. My residency information is correct, however it is not a source of controversy.

Thank you,

Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Graham Davies (talk • contribs) 12:14, 14 April 2016 (UTC)  Chris Graham Davies (talk) 12:54, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ — crh 23   &thinsp;(Talk) 18:51, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Further proposed changes
Hi, I have further changes I would like to suggest. I feel that the inclusion of a Political Career section separate to the Biography section would offer a more clear picture to Wikipedia users which would then lead to a more NPOV overall on the page. This format is also used my multiple other members of the European Parliament both past and present, examples: [], [] and []

I would propose the following:

Biography
Davies was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. His father was a doctor, and his mother a nurse. He was educated at the independent Cheadle Hulme School (1965–72), at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1972–75, reading history) and from 1975 to 1977 at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Davies is a resident of Greenfield, in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester.

Local Government
Davies was a Liberal member of Liverpool City Council from 1980 to 1984, representing Abercromby ward and serving as Chairman of the Housing Committee. From 1994 to 1998 he was a Liberal Democrat councillor for Lees ward on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council [].

Houses of Parliament/Westminster
Davies contested Liverpool Scotland Exchange in 1979, and then Littleborough and Saddleworth in 1987 and 1992. He became the MP for that seat after a by-election in 1995, during which time Labour campaign manager Peter Mandelson branded him “...high on taxes and soft on drugs” for supporting Liberal Democrat policy on increasing income tax by 1p in the pound to provide additional funding for education, and to establish a Royal Commission to consider decriminalisation of cannabis.

The Littleborough and Saddleworth seat was abolished by the time of the 1997 General Election. Davies contested Oldham East and Saddleworth at the 1997 election but lost to Phil Woolas of Labour.

European Parliament
Davies was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the North West England constituency in 1999 and served as the Liberal Democrat spokesman on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) in the European Parliament. In March 2014 he won a parliamentarian of the year award for his work to promote sustainable fishing through Fish for the Future, an all-party group he created in 2010. His efforts included dressing as a fish in the European Parliament to raise awareness of the need for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). He lost his seat in the 2014 European election. During his time as an MEP, Davies was active in the environment, climate and energy policy sectors, and served as the ALDE coordinator (team leader) on the ENVI committee from 2007. He was the rapporteur for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS) Directive in 2008-9 and for the implementation report on CCS in 2013-14, which called for greater action to develop and deploy CCS in the EU. In 2008 he drafted and amendment that led to the creation of a funding mechanism for CCS and innovative renewable energy projects that became known as NER300, later described by the European Commission as one the world’s largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon energy demonstration projects.

Thanks,

Chris Chris Graham Davies (talk) 12:32, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ This looks like an improvement on the current article, so I've implemented it. — crh 23   &thinsp;(Talk) 16:36, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

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