Peter Davies (politician)

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"The one thing to be said about the Taliban is that they do have an ordered society of some sort and that they don't have hundreds of cases of children under threat of abuse from violent parents, as we have in Doncaster."

— Peter Davies, September 2009

Davies made it clear it was the moral code he was an admirer of while detesting the Taliban themselves, adding, "The point I was making was that even a regime as hideous as the Taliban at least appear to have sort of decent sort of family affairs. In fact probably...they have an ordered society." He continued: "We in this country have created mayhem through lax social policies of disregard for marriage and the family and we have created mayhem in society." [23]

Child protection services in Doncaster

After an incident in which two young boys living in Council care were given indeterminate sentences for the torture of two other children, an Audit Commission report stated that: “Those leading the council – the mayor and cabinet, some councillors and some officers – do not collectively have the capacity or capability to make the necessary improvements in governance.” Davies responded that he thought it “a very black report without any shade of colour at all and painted the town as a dreadful hole that no one would ever want to come to or live in and that is not Doncaster”, adding, "The town has been languishing in the doldrums under Labour rule and it's time that it made use of its huge advantages." [24]

Library closures

Davies has been criticised by Doncaster residents after admitting that he had never borrowed a book from a public library and walking out of a public meeting convened to discuss the proposed closure of a local library, a branch that Davies admitted to having never seen. [25]

Elections contested

Peter Davies
Mayor of Doncaster
In office
8 June 2009 –5 May 2013
ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesPercentage of votesSource(s)
1994 European election Yorkshire South UKIP 3,9482.6 [26]
1996 Parliamentary by-election Hemsworth UKIP4552.1
1997 general election Doncaster Central UKIP4621.1
1998 European by-electionYorkshire SouthUKIP13,83011.6 [26]
2006 Doncaster Council local election Finningley Ward ED 97321.2 [27]
2007 Doncaster Council local election Finningley WardED1,11123.8 [28]
2008 Doncaster Council local election Finningley WardED1,00321.6 [29]
2009 European election Yorkshire and the Humber ED31,2872.6 [30]
2009 Mayor of Doncaster election Doncaster ED24,725 (both first and second preference votes)22.6 (of first preference votes) 51.7 (of second preference votes) [31]
2013 Mayor of Doncaster election Doncaster Independent25,344 (both first and second preference votes)34.9 (of first preference votes) 49.4 (of second preference votes) [32]

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