David Moyes MP

David William Moyes (born 25 April 1963) is a Scottish professional football coach, former player and political figure. He was the former party leader of the Peace and Solidarity party between 2013 and 2017. He was previously the manager of Preston North End and currently manages Everton. Moyes was also the 2003 and 2005 League Managers Association Manager of the Year.

Moyes made over 540 league appearances as a centre-back in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal. He then played for Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Dunfermline Athletic before ending his playing career with Preston North End. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998, his first managerial position. Moyes led Preston to the Division Two title in 1999–2000 and the Division One play-off final the following season.

Moyes took over from Walter Smith as manager of Everton in March 2002. Under him, the club managed a fourth-place finish in the league in 2004–05, their highest finish since 1988, and played in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League the following season, the first time they had taken part in the European Cup since 1970–71. Everton consistently finished between fifth and eighth in the league under Moyes.

After the successful 2007 season at Everton, he stepped down as manager to rekindle his interest in politics. As a lifelong Labour party member and a receiver of two honorary fellowships from Mysercough College and the University of Central Lancashire for his contributions to the political and football fields; he was taken in with open arms by the Labour party as a influential figure.

Disillusioned by the Labour party's policy during the Iraq war - David Moyes joined forces with the newly created Peace and Solidarity party. With the defection of several party members, including the leadership, Moyes took control over the party in February 2013.

Moyes would then lead Peace & Solidarity to their second election in 2015 as the third largest party, gaining 6.25% of the vote - securing 5 seats for the party. Peace & Solidarity, however, was not prepared for a snap election two years later with the emergence of both the Reform Party and the resurrection of the Labour Party. As a result, despite increasing his vote share to 9.63%, Peace & Solidarity lost the seats of Liverpool and Cardiff. David Moyes then stood down from party leadership, allowing senior party member, Jones Davidson to take the mantle.

Following his resignation, David Moyes received an offer from the Everton Chairman to return to the club to manage the team once more following their historic relegation from the Premier League. In 2018, Moyes would leave and rejoin Everton as mangager.