There was Thatcher's animus against Labour town halls, and then the more justified animus against "loony left councils".
"It's a Labour town historically and the company has never aligned itself but we felt at the time that the country needed a change," he said.
Mr Davies talks of reviving democratic debate and being "the people's voice" in what had long been a one-party Labour town.
Gavin Harding, 39, has risen from the position of deputy mayor to become the town's mayor, as he starts his second term as a Labour town councillor for Selby Northward.
Speaking in the Warwickshire town of Nuneaton, he accused Labour town halls of spending residents' cash "like it's theirs" and insisted the Tories wanted to protect the "pound in your pocket".
Harding, who was previously deputy mayor, is starting his second term as a Labour town councillor for Selby Northward, having increased his number of votes from 590 to 1,039.
Related: #LDvote: people with a disability exercise their right to vote – in pictures Harding, who was previously deputy mayor, is starting his second term as a Labour town councillor for Selby Northward, having increased his number of votes from 590 to 1,039.
In Eastleigh, this meant that a cohesive, if drab, industrial town was suddenly faced with massive suburban expansion, serving the new hi-tech, military and service industries around the M27, whose white-collar workers could easily outvote the Labour town by the 70s.
Conservative-run councils bring in more income from parking charges than Labour town halls, says research published by the opposition.
In 1920 she was elected as the city's Labour town councillor for the Fairfield ward in Govan with huge support from the women she fought for.
