The Lord Davies of Gower | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Jo Stevens |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime and Security | |
In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
Succeeded by | TBC |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 22 September 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister |
Liz Truss Rishi Sunak [1] |
Succeeded by | The Lord Gascoigne |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Gower | |
In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Martin Caton |
Succeeded by | Tonia Antoniazzi |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West | |
In office 6 May 2011 – 15 May 2015 [2] | |
Preceded by | David Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Altaf Hussain |
Personal details | |
Born | Swansea, Wales | 4 September 1952
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of West London |
Henry Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower (born 4 September 1952) is a Welsh Conservative politician, life peer and former police officer who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since July 2024. He was a Member of the Welsh Assembly from 2011 to 2015, a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2017, and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2019.
Byron Davies was born on 4 September 1952 [3] in Port Eynon, Gower. [4] He educated at Gowerton School, then an all-boys grammar school. [3]
From 1971 to 2003, he was a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Service. [3] He spent some time on secondment to the National Crime Squad and to the European Union, specialising in combating organised crime. [5] While in the police he attained senior rank as a detective. [6] While in the police, he worked a detective, [7] and rose to the rank of detective chief inspector. [8]
Davies stood unsuccessfully for Gower in both the Welsh Assembly Election 2007 and at the 2010 general election. In May 2011, Davies was successful for the time being elected to the National Assembly for Wales representing South Wales West. [9] On 7 May 2015, he was elected the Member of Parliament for Gower at the 2015 general election. On 9 May 2015 shortly after the Westminster election), he decided to step down as an Assembly Member so that he could fulfill his parliamentary duties for Gower.
Davies was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum. [10] He was defeated at the 2017 general election.
From September 2017 to September 2020, Davies served as chair of the Welsh Conservatives taking over from former MP and MEP Jonathan Evans. [11]
Davies was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours list on 10 September 2019. [12] He was created Baron Davies of Gower, of Gower in the County of Swansea, on 10 October 2019. [13] He served as a government whip under both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2023. In November 2023 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, and served in that position until the end of Sunak's administration.
Following the 2024 general election in which no Conservative MPs were elected in Wales, Davies was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak; this marks the first time that the position was held by a Lord. [14] [15]
Ribbon | Details | Year awarded |
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
The Lord Davies of Gower | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Jo Stevens |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime and Security | |
In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
Succeeded by | TBC |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 22 September 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister |
Liz Truss Rishi Sunak [1] |
Succeeded by | The Lord Gascoigne |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 10 October 2019 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Gower | |
In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Martin Caton |
Succeeded by | Tonia Antoniazzi |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West | |
In office 6 May 2011 – 15 May 2015 [2] | |
Preceded by | David Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Altaf Hussain |
Personal details | |
Born | Swansea, Wales | 4 September 1952
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of West London |
Henry Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower (born 4 September 1952) is a Welsh Conservative politician, life peer and former police officer who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since July 2024. He was a Member of the Welsh Assembly from 2011 to 2015, a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2017, and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2019.
Byron Davies was born on 4 September 1952 [3] in Port Eynon, Gower. [4] He educated at Gowerton School, then an all-boys grammar school. [3]
From 1971 to 2003, he was a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Service. [3] He spent some time on secondment to the National Crime Squad and to the European Union, specialising in combating organised crime. [5] While in the police he attained senior rank as a detective. [6] While in the police, he worked a detective, [7] and rose to the rank of detective chief inspector. [8]
Davies stood unsuccessfully for Gower in both the Welsh Assembly Election 2007 and at the 2010 general election. In May 2011, Davies was successful for the time being elected to the National Assembly for Wales representing South Wales West. [9] On 7 May 2015, he was elected the Member of Parliament for Gower at the 2015 general election. On 9 May 2015 shortly after the Westminster election), he decided to step down as an Assembly Member so that he could fulfill his parliamentary duties for Gower.
Davies was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum. [10] He was defeated at the 2017 general election.
From September 2017 to September 2020, Davies served as chair of the Welsh Conservatives taking over from former MP and MEP Jonathan Evans. [11]
Davies was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours list on 10 September 2019. [12] He was created Baron Davies of Gower, of Gower in the County of Swansea, on 10 October 2019. [13] He served as a government whip under both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2023. In November 2023 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, and served in that position until the end of Sunak's administration.
Following the 2024 general election in which no Conservative MPs were elected in Wales, Davies was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak; this marks the first time that the position was held by a Lord. [14] [15]
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |