The Lord Davies of Gower | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime and Security | |
Assumed office 14 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | The Baroness Vere of Norbiton |
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. 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. He served as a Lord in Waiting between September 2022 and November 2023. [3] He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport on 14 November 2023. [4]
Byron Davies was born in Port Eynon,Gower and educated at Gowerton Boys’Grammar School. [5] He was a police officer in London before his selection as a Welsh Conservative Assembly candidate. While in the police he attained senior rank as a detective in the Metropolitan Police Service. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9]
Davies was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours list on 10 September 2019. [10] He was created Baron Davies of Gower,of Gower in the County of Swansea,on 10 October 2019. [11] 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.
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | ||
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