Keith Davies

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Keith Davies

| image = Keith Davies - National Assembly for Wales.jpg

| office = Member of the National Assembly of Wales
for Llanelli

| term_start = 5 May 2011

| term_end = 5 May 2016

| predecessor = Helen Mary Jones

| successor = Lee Waters

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|84|2025|2|26}}

| birth_place = Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales

| death_date =

| party = Welsh Labour

}}

Keith Davies (born 1940 or 1941) is a former Welsh Labour{{Cite web|url=http://senedd.assemblywales.org/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=292|title=Assembly Member details - Keith Davies | National Assembly for Wales}} politician and was the National Assembly for Wales member for Llanelli from 2011 until 2016. He beat Helen Mary Jones who was the deputy leader of Plaid Cymru, and incumbent AM for Llanelli, in May 2011.

He is a member of the Enterprise and Business Committee, and Environment and Sustainability Committee. His membership of crossparty groups includes: The Armed Forces and Cadets, Human Trafficking, Kidney, Older people, and Muscular Dystrophy. He is the founding chair of the Cross Party Group on the Welsh Language.

Davies was a teacher and a Director of Education at Carmarthenshire County Council, but lost his job in 2000 when departments were merged. He sued for unfair dismissal and won his case against Carmarthenshire County Council{{cite web | title=Ex-schools chief takes on leader | publisher=BBC News | date=2004-02-06 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3462507.stm | access-date=2021-05-11}}

In 2004 he was elected Labour county councillor for the ward of Hengoed. He lost the seat to Plaid Cymru in 2008.