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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_(%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6)" title="ডেভিড ডেভিস (ব্রিটিশ রাজনীতিবিদ) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডেভিড ডেভিস (ব্রিটিশ রাজনীতিবিদ)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(britisk_politiker)" title="David Davis (britisk politiker) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="David Davis (britisk politiker)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(Politiker,_1948)" title="David Davis (Politiker, 1948) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="David Davis (Politiker, 1948)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CF%82" title="Ντέιβιντ Ντέιβις – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ντέιβιντ Ντέιβις" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(pol%C3%ADtico)" title="David Davis (político) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="David Davis (político)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_(%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3)" title="دیوید دیویس (نماینده مجلس) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوید دیویس (نماینده مجلس)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(homme_politique,_1948)" title="David Davis (homme politique, 1948) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="David Davis (homme politique, 1948)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%A4" title="데이비드 데이비스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데이비드 데이비스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D6%87%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D4%B4%D6%87%D5%AB%D5%BD" title="Դևիդ Դևիս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դևիդ Դևիս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(politikus)" title="David Davis (politikus) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="David Davis (politikus)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(politico)" title="David Davis (politico) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="David Davis (politico)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Michael_Davis" title="David Michael Davis – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="David Michael Davis" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9" title="デイヴィッド・マイケル・デイヴィス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デイヴィッド・マイケル・デイヴィス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(britisk_politiker)" title="David Davis (britisk politiker) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="David Davis (britisk politiker)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81,_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA)" title="Дэвис, Дэвид (политик) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дэвис, Дэвид (политик)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis" title="David Davis – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="David Davis" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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For the former MP for Monmouth, see <a href="/wiki/David_TC_Davies" class="mw-redirect" title="David TC Davies">David TC Davies</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="David Davis (disambiguation)">David Davis</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir David Davis</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span>&#32;<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Davis_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union">Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 July 2016&#160;–&#32;8 July 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Brexit_negotiations" title="Brexit negotiations">Chief Negotiator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Exiting the European Union</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 July 2016&#160;–&#32;18 September 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olly_Robbins" title="Olly Robbins">Olly Robbins</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 September 2001&#160;–&#32;23 July 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ancram" title="Michael Ancram">Michael Ancram</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)">Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 June 1997&#160;–&#32;7 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sheldon" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Sheldon">Robert Sheldon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Goole_and_Pocklington" class="mw-redirect" title="Goole and Pocklington">Goole and Pocklington</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a> (1997–2024)</span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Boothferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Boothferry</a> (1987–1997)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span>&#32;<br />11 June 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bryan_(politician)" title="Paul Bryan (politician)">Paul Bryan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">3,572 (7.0%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Michael Brown</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-12-23</span>) </span>23 December 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Doreen Cook</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;1973&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a> (<a href="/wiki/BSc" class="mw-redirect" title="BSc">BSc</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Business_School" title="London Business School">London Business School</a> (<a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir David Michael Davis</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span>&#32;<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span></span> (born 23 December 1948) is a British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> politician serving as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Goole_and_Pocklington" class="mw-redirect" title="Goole and Pocklington">Goole and Pocklington</a>. He was previously the MP for <a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a> and, before that, for <a href="/wiki/Boothferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Boothferry</a>, where he was first elected in <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a> from 2003 to 2008 and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union">Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union</a> from 2016 to 2018. Davis was sworn of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1997_New_Year_Honours" title="1997 New Year Honours">1997 New Year Honours</a>, having previously been <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a> from 1994 to 1997. </p><p>Brought up on the Aboyne Estate, a <a href="/wiki/Council_estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Council estate">council estate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_sub_regions_used_in_the_London_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sub regions used in the London Plan">south-west London</a>, he attended <a href="/wiki/Bec_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Bec Grammar School">Bec Grammar School</a> and earned an <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a>, before joining <a href="/wiki/Tate_%26_Lyle" title="Tate &amp; Lyle">Tate &amp; Lyle</a>. Having entered Parliament in 1987, he was appointed Europe Minister by <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> in July 1994. He held that position until the 1997 general election. He was subsequently <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of the Conservative Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Office_of_the_Deputy_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister">Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister</a> under <a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a>. </p><p>Between 2003 and 2008 he was the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a> in the Shadow Cabinets of both <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>. Davis had previously been a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2001_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 Conservative Party leadership election">2001</a> and <a href="/wiki/2005_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2005 Conservative Party leadership election">2005 Conservative Party leadership elections</a>, coming fourth and second respectively. On 12 June 2008 Davis unexpectedly announced his intention to resign as an MP and was immediately replaced as Shadow Home Secretary; this was in order to force a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> in his seat, for which he intended to seek reelection by mounting <a href="/wiki/David_Davis_2008_by-election_campaign" title="David Davis 2008 by-election campaign">a specific campaign</a> designed to provoke wider public debate about the erosion of <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil liberties in the United Kingdom">civil liberties in the United Kingdom</a>. Following his <a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom">formal resignation as an MP</a> he became the Conservative candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Haltemprice_and_Howden_by-election" title="2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election">resulting by-election</a>, which he won a month later. </p><p>In July 2016, following the <a href="/wiki/Brexit_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit referendum">Brexit referendum</a>, Davis was appointed by the new prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>, to the new <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Department for Exiting the European Union">Department for Exiting the European Union</a> (DExEU) as Secretary of State, with responsibility for negotiating the UK's prospective exit from the EU. He was sidelined mid-way through the talks, with the <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street#Office_of_the_Prime_Minister" title="10 Downing Street">Prime Minister's Europe Adviser</a> <a href="/wiki/Olly_Robbins" title="Olly Robbins">Olly Robbins</a> taking charge of negotiations. Davis <a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">resigned from his government position</a> on 8 July 2018 over May's Brexit strategy and the <a href="/wiki/Chequers_plan" title="Chequers plan">Chequers plan</a>. Following his resignation, the DExEU junior minister <a href="/wiki/Steve_Baker_(politician)" title="Steve Baker (politician)">Steve Baker</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> also resigned. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>David Davis was born on 23 December 1948 in <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a> to a single mother, Betty Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-DIDiscs_DD_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DIDiscs_DD-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was initially raised by his grandparents, with his maternal grandfather, Walter Harrison, the son of a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Fishing_trawler" title="Fishing trawler">trawlerman</a>, but was disinherited after joining the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist Party</a>; he led a "<a href="/wiki/Hunger_march" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunger march">hunger march</a>" to London shortly after the more famous <a href="/wiki/Jarrow_March" title="Jarrow March">Jarrow March</a>, which did not allow Communists to participate.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His father, whom he met once after his mother's death, was Welsh.<sup id="cite_ref-DIDiscs_DD_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DIDiscs_DD-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After his mother married Ronald Davis the family moved to London, where they lived initially in a flat in <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a>, which Davis has described as "a terrible little slum". Later, after his half-sister was born, the family moved to a council estate in Tooting, his stepfather being a shop steward at <a href="/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station" title="Battersea Power Station">Battersea Power Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis went to <a href="/wiki/Bec_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Bec Grammar School">Bec Grammar School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tooting" title="Tooting">Tooting</a>, and when he left, his <a href="/wiki/A_Level" class="mw-redirect" title="A Level">A Level</a> results were not good enough to secure a university place. He subsequently worked as an insurance clerk and became a soldier in the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Artists%27_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Artists&#39; Rifles">21 SAS (Artists)</a> to earn the money needed to retake his examinations. After doing so he won a place at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a>, where he graduated with a BSc Joint Hons in Molecular Science and Computer Science in 1971. While at Warwick he was one of the founding members of the student radio station, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Warwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Warwick">University Radio Warwick</a>. While a student, Davis was active in the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Conservative_Students" title="Federation of Conservative Students">Federation of Conservative Students</a>, becoming national chairman in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis worked for <a href="/wiki/Tate_%26_Lyle" title="Tate &amp; Lyle">Tate &amp; Lyle</a> for 17 years, rising to become a senior executive, including restructuring its troubled Canadian subsidiary, <a href="/wiki/Redpath_Sugar" title="Redpath Sugar">Redpath Sugar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He wrote about his business experiences in the 1988 book <i>How to Turn Round a Company</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis was first elected to Parliament in the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a> as the MP for <a href="/wiki/Boothferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Boothferry</a>, when he was elected with 55.7% of the vote and a majority of 18,970.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, Davis was re-elected as MP for Boothferry with a decreased vote share of 54.8% and a decreased majority of 17,535.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis's constituency of Boothferry was abolished in 1997 and replaced with the new constituency of <a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, Davis was elected as MP for Haltemprice and Howden, winning with 44% of the vote and a majority of 7,514.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, Davis presented the Parliamentary Control of the Executive Bill to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>, in which he proposed to transfer ministerial exercise of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prerogative" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Prerogative">Royal Prerogative</a> to the Commons in the following areas: the signing of treaties; the diplomatic recognition of foreign governments; European Union legislation; the appointment of ministers, peers and ambassadors; the establishment of Royal Commissions; the proclamation of <a href="/wiki/Orders_in_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders in Council">Orders in Council</a> unless subject to resolutions of the Commons; the exercise of the powers of the executive not made by statute; the declarations of states of emergency; the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament" title="Dissolution of parliament">dissolution of parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, Davis was re-elected as MP for Haltemprice and Howden with a decreased vote share of 43.2% and a decreased majority of 1,903.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He rejected a shadow ministerial position under <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>, opting instead to chair the Public Accounts Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-indy2005_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis used his first interview as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Home_Secretary" title="Shadow Home Secretary">Shadow Home Secretary</a> in November 2003 to state his personal support for a reintroduction of the death penalty for people convicted of multiple murder "where there is clear evidence and no doubt" surrounding the offender's guilt, citing the Yorkshire Ripper <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe" title="Peter Sutcliffe">Peter Sutcliffe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moors_Murders" class="mw-redirect" title="Moors Murders">Moors Murderer</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Brady" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Brady">Ian Brady</a> as examples of offenders who would fall into that category. This interview came almost 40 years after the abolition of the death penalty for murder.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Davis was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 47.5% and an increased majority of 5,116 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis believed that once the true cost and unreliability of the ID card scheme was explained to the general public they would turn against it. He was also credited by some commentators with "claiming the scalps" of two Labour ministers, <a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beverley_Hughes" title="Beverley Hughes">Beverley Hughes</a>, after both were forced to resign.<sup id="cite_ref-indy2005_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005_leadership_contest">2005 leadership contest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 2005 leadership contest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2005 Conservative Party leadership election">2005 Conservative leadership contest</a>, David Davis was Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department. His campaign manager in the contest was Conservative MP and Davis' deputy as Shadow Home Secretary, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a> (who in 2010 became <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_International_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for International Development">Secretary of State for International Development</a> in Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s cabinet). Davis was initially the front runner in the contest, but after a poorly received speech at that year's Conservative Party Conference his campaign was seen to lose momentum.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Referring to a Conference speech by the party's former leader, campaign manager <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a> said: "<a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a> made a great speech which many people will judge to be better than all the other leadership candidates put together. What that tells you is that being absolutely brilliant at being able to make a speech at conference is not the be-all-and-end-all of leadership. There are other things as well."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was photographed at the conference alongside two women wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "It's DD for me" which was viewed by some women as being patronising to them.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first ballot of Conservative MPs on 18 October 2005, Davis came top with 62 votes. As this was less than the number of his declared supporters, it became clear that the Davis bid was losing momentum. The elimination of former Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a> left the bookmakers' favourite, <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, without a rival in the centre of the party. In the second ballot, held two days later, Cameron polled 90 votes, Davis 57 votes and <a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a> was eliminated with 51 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> so Davis went through to the next stage with Cameron. </p><p>Despite a strong performance in a BBC <i><a href="/wiki/Question_Time_(TV_programme)" title="Question Time (TV programme)">Question Time</a></i> head-to-head debate in the final stage of the leadership contest, Davis could not match his rival's general popularity. Conservative Party members voted to elect Cameron the new Conservative leader, Davis losing with 64,398 votes against Cameron's 134,446 votes. Cameron chose to re-appoint his rival as Shadow Home Secretary following his victory. As Shadow Home Secretary, Davis turned the Conservatives away from the Labour Party's plan to reintroduce identity cards, citing spiralling costs and libertarian issues.<sup id="cite_ref-handp_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alleged_role_in_leaking_of_government_documents">Alleged role in leaking of government documents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Alleged role in leaking of government documents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis is alleged to have played a role in the leaking of sensitive government documents when he was Shadow Home Secretary in 2007. According to a police statement, under interview after arrest, civil servant Christopher Galley said Davis was his first contact and that he (Davis) introduced him to <a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a>, the Shadow Immigration spokesman.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Privilege2010_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Privilege2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Galley initially approached Davis stating he had access to government immigration details which he was willing to leak to help the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-Privilege2010_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Privilege2010-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under questioning by police Galley said that Green told him "do not mention Davis".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In April 2009, following a disciplinary hearing, Galley was dismissed from his job as a junior Home Office official for leaking information to Green.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_liberties">Civil liberties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Civil liberties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/David_Davis_2008_by-election_campaign" title="David Davis 2008 by-election campaign">David Davis 2008 by-election campaign</a></div> <p>On 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his <a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom">resignation as an MP</a>, in order to force a by-election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>. On 18 June 2008, he resigned from the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He stood as the Conservative Party candidate for his current seat in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Haltemprice_and_Howden_by-election" title="2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election">subsequent by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The announcement came a day after the narrow passing of a parliamentary vote on the <a href="/wiki/Counter-Terrorism_Bill_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008">Counter-Terrorism Bill</a>, which would extend the limit on the period of <a href="/wiki/Detention_of_suspects#Detention_before_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Detention of suspects">detention of terror suspects without charge</a> in England and Wales, from 28 to 42 days. Davis won re-election with an increased vote share of 71.6% and an increased majority of 15,355 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but neither the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> nor the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> put up a candidate. As is common at by-elections, voter turnout declined significantly from the previous general election to 34%.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of Davis's resignation, the Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a> made a speech which was widely interpreted as falsely implying an inappropriate relationship between Davis and the then Director of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(advocacy_group)" title="Liberty (advocacy group)">Liberty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shami_Chakrabarti" title="Shami Chakrabarti">Shami Chakrabarti</a>. Burnham was forced to issue a public apology under threat of legal action.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a backbench MP, Davis continued campaigning for civil liberties. He participated in the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_Modern_Liberty" title="Convention on Modern Liberty">Convention on Modern Liberty</a>, where he gave the keynote speech on the convention's final day.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also spoke at the 2009 Guardian Hay Festival, where he criticised Labour's "illusory pursuit of an unobtainable security", and was well received by an overwhelmingly non-Conservative audience.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 15 June 2009, Davis gave the 2009 Magna Carta Lecture at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Holloway,_University_of_London" title="Royal Holloway, University of London">Royal Holloway, University of London</a>, in association with the Magna Carta Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis supported civil liberties campaign group <a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_Watch" title="Big Brother Watch">Big Brother Watch</a> and in January 2010 he spoke with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a> at the official launch.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012 he helped lead the opposition to Coalition plans to allow police and security services to extend their monitoring of the public's email and social media communications.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He expressed concern with the findings of a <a href="/wiki/VICE_News" class="mw-redirect" title="VICE News">VICE News</a> investigation into the deployment of <a href="/wiki/IMSI-catcher" title="IMSI-catcher">IMSI-catchers</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2014, along with Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Tom Watson</a>, he challenged the government's introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Data_Retention_and_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2014" title="Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014">Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014</a> in the courts.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Davis is a staunch <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">Eurosceptic</a> and has criticised the record of the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a>, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis has been outspoken over UK government data deals, particularly those with <a href="/wiki/Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir Technologies</a>. In 2021 Davis said of Palantir's involvement with the <a href="/wiki/NHS" class="mw-redirect" title="NHS">NHS</a>, "Patient trust is vital to our NHS, so foreign tech companies such as Palantir, with their history of supporting mass surveillance, assisting in drone strikes, immigration raids and predictive policing, must not be placed at the heart of our NHS."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis again criticised Palantir's involvement with the NHS in 2023 during the procurement process for a £480 million contract for a company to create a Federated Data Platform for <a href="/wiki/NHS_England" title="NHS England">NHS England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis has taken more conservative stances on some other civil liberties issues, having repeatedly voted to restrict <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Abortion in the United Kingdom">abortion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fertility_treatment" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertility treatment">fertility treatment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryo</a> research.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also repeatedly voted against the furthering of LGBT rights, including supporting the controversial <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a>, which banned teachers from "promoting homosexuality" or "teaching ... the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship", and opposing the <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">legalisation of same-sex marriage</a> saying it was "not an issue of rights but a clash of beliefs".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allegations_of_torture">Allegations of torture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Allegations of torture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a House of Commons debate on 7 July 2009, Davis accused the UK government of <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing_torture" class="mw-redirect" title="Outsourcing torture">outsourcing torture</a>, by allowing <a href="/wiki/Rangzieb_Ahmed" title="Rangzieb Ahmed">Rangzieb Ahmed</a> to leave the country (even though the government had evidence against Ahmed, upon which Ahmed was later convicted for terrorism) to Pakistan, where it is said the <a href="/wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence" title="Inter-Services Intelligence">Inter-Services Intelligence</a> was given the go-ahead by the British intelligence agencies to torture Ahmed. Davis further accused the government of trying to gag Ahmed, stopping him coming forward with his accusations after he had been imprisoned back in the UK. He said, there was "an alleged request to drop his allegations of torture: if he did that, they could get his sentence cut and possibly give him some money. If this request to drop the torture case is true, it is frankly monstrous. It would at the very least be a criminal misuse of the powers and funds under the Government's Contest strategy, and at worst a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis was amongst the signatories of a letter in 2012 to <i>The Guardian</i> condemning the Coalition's efforts to hide the UK's involvement in rendition and torture behind secret trials.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coalition_government_(2010–2015)"><span id="Coalition_government_.282010.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Coalition government (2010–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Coalition government (2010–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, with a decreased vote share of 50.2% and a decreased majority of 11,602 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haltemprice_&amp;_Howden_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haltemprice_&amp;_Howden-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May 2010, with the result of a <a href="/wiki/Hung_parliament" title="Hung parliament">hung parliament</a>, it was reported that <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> wanted to invite Davis and other right-wingers such as <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a> into his <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition cabinet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Davis declined and remained a critic of the government on its stance on tuition fees.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2011, along with Jack Straw, he secured a vote in the Commons to challenge a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that prisoners should be allowed to vote and MPs subsequently chose to ignore the ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He offered critical commentary on the coalition in a BBC interview in March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, together with <a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a>, Davis founded <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> pressure group Conservative Voice to amplify the voice of grassroots members, which Davis thought was getting lost in the party.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a November 2012 speech, he urged David Cameron to hold a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU by 2014. He suggested to hold two votes, the first where voters would be asked whether they wanted to renegotiate current EU arrangements, and a second where they would be asked to either accept a renegotiated deal or leave the EU altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Davis was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 54.2% and an increased majority of 16,195.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-con2015_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con2015-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Also in 2015, he was one of seven Conservative MPs to defy the whip and vote against bombing Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union_(2016–2018)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union_.282016.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s appointment as prime minister, Davis was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union">Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union</a> (Brexit Secretary) on 13 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He published in <a href="/wiki/ConservativeHome" title="ConservativeHome">ConservativeHome</a> his initial thoughts on the way <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> might proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his role as Brexit Secretary, Davis announced that Parliament will take action on translating EU laws into British laws as part of the process of <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Withdrawal from the European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis stated that the Brexit timetable discussion would be the "row of the summer" during a TV interview with Robert Peston on <i>Peston on Sunday</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The timetable was set on the first day of negotiations and it was dictated by the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis was again re-elected at the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a> with an increased vote share of 61% and a decreased majority of 15,405 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-con20152_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con20152-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 7 September 2017, the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> published the minutes of a meeting in July<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> at which <a href="/wiki/Michel_Barnier" title="Michel Barnier">Michel Barnier</a>, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, briefed the commission on the outcome of his first round of talks with Davis. Barnier expressed concern about Davis's commitment to the talks (he had been going to Brussels for the start and end of each round of talks, but had not been staying there for the duration).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2017, Davis acknowledged that the negotiations with the EU were difficult, but appealed to European countries not to "put politics above prosperity", implying that by doing so, countries like Germany would harm their own economies.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He blamed Germany and France for blocking trade negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis also argued that the UK and the EU should agree a free trade deal more comprehensive in scope than "any the EU has agreed before".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some politicians were angry because reports about the potential effect of Brexit on 58 economic sectors were severely edited before Davis gave them to the <a href="/wiki/Exiting_the_European_Union_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Exiting the European Union Select Committee">Exiting the European Union Select Committee</a>. They maintained Davis – and by implication Theresa May's government – chose to disregard a binding and unanimous vote from MPs requiring the information to be provided in full.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis later appeared to contradict his earlier assurances that impact analyses had been carried out when he said the government had not produced any economic forecasts of what would happen after the UK leaves the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>David was sidelined in December 2017, mid-way through the negotiations, with the <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street#Office_of_the_Prime_Minister" title="10 Downing Street">Prime Minister's Europe Adviser</a> <a href="/wiki/Olly_Robbins" title="Olly Robbins">Olly Robbins</a> taking charge of negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2018, former Irish Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> said Davis did not understand the implications of Brexit for Ireland's border with Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 8 July 2018, Davis resigned as Brexit Secretary as he did not "believe" in the Prime Minister's <a href="/wiki/Chequers_plan" title="Chequers plan">Chequers plan</a> for Brexit.<sup id="cite_ref-resignation_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resignation-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following Davis' resignation, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Baker_(politician)" title="Steve Baker (politician)">Steve Baker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> also resigned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_2018">Since 2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Since 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 November 2018, Davis was criticised by the Liberal Democrat MP <a href="/wiki/Layla_Moran" title="Layla Moran">Layla Moran</a>, of the pro-EU group <a href="/wiki/Best_for_Britain" title="Best for Britain">Best for Britain</a>, for suggesting that the UK could negotiate a free trade agreement during a post-Brexit "transition period" without first having successfully negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following Theresa May's resignation in May 2019, Davis supported <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a> as the next leader of the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, with an increased vote share of 62.4% and an increased majority of 20,329 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He has opposed the proposed <a href="/wiki/Extradition_law_in_the_United_States" title="Extradition law in the United States">extradition</a> of <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a> to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis has also been prominent in opposing the plans of the Johnson administration to privatise NHS data, advocating more transparency in the management of patient data.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 March 2021, Davis MP used <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege" title="Parliamentary privilege">parliamentary privilege</a> to criticise the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>'s investigation into <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond_sexual_harassment_scandal" title="Alex Salmond sexual harassment scandal">allegations of sexual misconduct</a> by former <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a>. Davis, a close personal friend of Salmond, told MPs during a Commons debate that there had been a "concerted effort" by SNP officials to encourage complainers to come forward, and that <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a>'s chief of staff, Liz Lloyd, had been involved in the civil service investigation into Salmond in February 2018 – months before Nicola Sturgeon claimed to have known about the investigation. He told the House of Commons, "I have it on good authority that there exists from 6th Feb 2018 an exchange of messages between civil servants suggesting that the first minister's chief of staff is interfering in the complaints process against Alex Salmond. If true this suggests the chief of staff had knowledge of the case in February, not April as she has claimed." Nicola Sturgeon rejected Davis' claims, and one of the women who had accused Salmond of sexual harassment issued a statement through <a href="/wiki/Rape_Crisis_Scotland" title="Rape Crisis Scotland">Rape Crisis Scotland</a> calling Davis' claims "fundamentally untrue".<sup id="cite_ref-Complaints_encouraged_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complaints_encouraged-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sturgeon_refutes_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sturgeon_refutes-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister&#39;s Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a> on 19 January 2022, Davis asked Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> to resign, after expressing dissatisfaction with his response to <a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a>. He quoted what <a href="/wiki/Leo_Amery" title="Leo Amery">Leo Amery</a> (alluding to <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a>) had said to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a> in 1940: "You have sat there too long for all the good you have done. In the name of God, go."<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 2 October 2022, Davis wrote an article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> which advocated for reform of the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> and the adoption of a social insurance-based system. He wrote that the NHS was "plagued by ineffective bureaucracy" and that structural reform did not mean that the principles of the NHS being universal and free at the point of delivery needed to be abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>, Davis' constituency of <a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a> was abolished, and replaced with <a href="/wiki/Goole_and_Pocklington" class="mw-redirect" title="Goole and Pocklington">Goole and Pocklington</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, Davis was elected to Parliament as MP for Goole and Pocklington with 38.2% of the vote and a majority of 3,572.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since May 2024, Davis has expressed doubts about the conviction of former nurse <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Letby" title="Lucy Letby">Lucy Letby</a> and has said he intends to thoroughly research the issue and discuss it in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 18 July 2024, Davis again used parliamentary privilege to name Liz Lloyd, Nicola Sturgeon's ex-chief of staff, as the person responsible for leaking sexual misconduct allegations against Alex Salmond to the <i>Daily Record</i> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Record_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Record-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis met his wife, Doreen Cook, at Warwick. They married on 28 July 1973 and have three children.<sup id="cite_ref-cons-bio_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cons-bio-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Davis was a close personal friend of former leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a>, and has twice used parliamentary privilege to criticise the Scottish Government's investigation into <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond_sexual_harassment_scandal" title="Alex Salmond sexual harassment scandal">allegations of sexual misconduct</a> by Salmond.<sup id="cite_ref-Complaints_encouraged_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complaints_encouraged-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sturgeon_refutes_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sturgeon_refutes-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Record_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Record-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When Salmond died in 2024, Davis paid tribute to him as "one of the great politicians of his age" and "a great leader for his country". In December 2023, Davis fought off street attackers who were kicking a man, near Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB) in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Special_Honours" title="2023 Special Honours">2023 Political Honours</a> for public and political service.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Davis_(British_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DIDiscs_DD-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DIDiscs_DD_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DIDiscs_DD_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20081116.shtml">"Desert Island Discs with David Davis"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs"><i>Desert Island Discs</i></a>. 16 November 2008. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=David+Davis+names+Nicola+Sturgeon%27s+aide+as+Salmond+leak+source&amp;rft.date=2024-07-18&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Fuk%2Fscotland%2Farticle%2Fdavid-davis-nicola-sturgeon-aide-alex-salmond-leak-source-kgkqdkr8s&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Davis+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cons-bio-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cons-bio_102-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090803080024/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Davis_David.aspx">"David Davis"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 September</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&amp;rft.atitle=David+Davis+profile&amp;rft.date=2008-06-12&amp;rft.aulast=Porter&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fconservative%2F2116515%2FDavid-Davis-profile.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Davis+%28British+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67701507">"Ex-minister David Davis intervenes in street attack near Parliament"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. 13 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?10888">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bryan_(politician)" title="Paul Bryan (politician)">Paul Bryan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Boothferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Boothferry</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>–<a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/2008_Haltemprice_and_Howden_by-election" title="2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election">2008</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>Himself</i></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>Himself</i></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Haltemprice_and_Howden" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltemprice and Howden">Haltemprice and Howden</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2008_Haltemprice_and_Howden_by-election" title="2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election">2008</a>–<a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Goole_and_Pocklington" class="mw-redirect" title="Goole and Pocklington">Goole and Pocklington</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>–present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Heathcoat-Amory" title="David Heathcoat-Amory">David Heathcoat-Amory</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a> </b><br />1994–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Henderson_(Labour_politician)" title="Doug Henderson (Labour politician)">Doug Henderson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sheldon" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Sheldon">Robert Sheldon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)">Chair of the Public Accounts Committee</a> </b><br />1997–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded&#160;by<div 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pincher" title="Chris Pincher">Pincher</a> (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Morton" title="Wendy Morton">Morton</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Heaton-Harris</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">Cleverly</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stuart_(politician)" title="Graham Stuart (politician)">Stuart</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Liz_Truss" title="Premiership of Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Docherty" title="Leo Docherty">Docherty</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Rishi_Sunak" title="Premiership of Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Docherty" title="Leo Docherty">Docherty</a> (2022–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chairs_of_the_Public_Accounts_Select_Committee" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li><a href="/wiki/George_Ward_Hunt" title="George Ward Hunt">Hunt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1870–1871</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sclater-Booth,_1st_Baron_Basing" title="George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing">Sclater-Booth</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1872–1873</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_George_Dodson,_1st_Baron_Monk_Bretton" title="John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton">Dodson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1874–1876</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Frederick_Cavendish" title="Lord Frederick Cavendish">F. Cavendish</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1877–1880</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford" title="Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford">Holland</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1884–1885</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Eldon_Gorst" title="John Eldon Gorst">Gorst</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1886</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury" title="John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury">Lubbock</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1887–1888</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ughtred_Kay-Shuttleworth,_1st_Baron_Shuttleworth" title="Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth">Kay-Shuttleworth</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1889–1892</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmond_Wodehouse_(Bath_MP)" title="Edmond Wodehouse (Bath MP)">Wodehouse</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1893</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Temple,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet">Temple</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1894–1895</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_O%27Connor_(politician,_born_1844)" title="Arthur O&#39;Connor (politician, born 1844)">O'Connor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1896–1900</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hayter,_1st_Baron_Haversham" title="Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham">Hayter</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1901–1905</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Cavendish,_9th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire">V. Cavendish</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1906–1908</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Williams,_1st_Baronet,_of_Bridehead" title="Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead">R. Williams</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1908–1918</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Dyke_Acland" title="Francis Dyke Acland">Acland</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1919–1920</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Williams" title="Aneurin Williams">A. Williams</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1921–1922</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Jowett" title="Fred Jowett">Jowett</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1923</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Guinness,_1st_Baron_Moyne" title="Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne">Guinness</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1924</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Graham_(Edinburgh_MP)" title="William Graham (Edinburgh MP)">Graham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1924–1929</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Samuel,_1st_Baron_Mancroft" title="Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft">Samuel</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1929–1931</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Jones_(British_politician)" title="Morgan Jones (British politician)">Jones</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1931–1938</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Pethick-Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Pethick-Lawrence" title="Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence">Pethick-Lawrence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1938–1941</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician)" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)">Elliot</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1941–1943</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assheton_Pownall" title="Assheton Pownall">Pownall</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1943–1945</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osbert_Peake,_1st_Viscount_Ingleby" title="Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby">Peake</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1946–1948</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Assheton,_1st_Baron_Clitheroe" title="Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe">Assheton</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1948–1950</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ronald_Cross,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet">Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1950–1951</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Waterhouse_(British_politician)" title="Charles Waterhouse (British politician)">Waterhouse</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1950–1951</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards_(British_Labour_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Edwards (British Labour politician)">Edwards</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1951–1952</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Benson_(British_politician)" title="George Benson (British politician)">Benson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1952–1959</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1959–1963</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Houghton,_Baron_Houghton_of_Sowerby" title="Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby">Houghton</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1963–1964</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyd-Carpenter,_Baron_Boyd-Carpenter" title="John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1964–1970</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester" title="Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester">Lever</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1970–1973</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dell" title="Edmund Dell">Dell</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">acting, 1972–1973</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_du_Cann" title="Edward du Cann">du Cann</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1974–1979</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Barnett" title="Joel Barnett">Barnett</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1979–1983</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sheldon,_Baron_Sheldon" title="Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon">Sheldon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1983–1997</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Davis</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1997–2001</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Leigh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2001–2010</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hodge" title="Margaret Hodge">Hodge</a> <span 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Brokenshire">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gummer" title="Ben Gummer">Ben Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Halfon" title="Robert Halfon">Robert Halfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Second_May_Cabinet" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brokenshire" title="James Brokenshire">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy 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Stride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">Departures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Conservative_and_Unionist_Party" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="History" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">History</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Archive" title="Conservative Party Archive">Conservative Party Archive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="History of the Conservative Party (UK)">History of the Conservative Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism#United_Kingdom" title="Conservatism">History of conservatism in Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK)">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_Manifesto" title="Tamworth Manifesto">Tamworth Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Club" title="Carlton Club">Carlton Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primrose_League" title="Primrose League">Primrose League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariff_Reform_League" title="Tariff Reform League">Tariff Reform League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Free_Food_League" title="Unionist Free Food League">Unionist Free Food League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">Coalition Coupon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Club_meeting" title="Carlton Club meeting">Carlton Club meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Conservative_Party_(UK)_general_election_manifestos" title="List of Conservative Party (UK) general election manifestos">General election manifestos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Party" title="Fourth Party">Fourth Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Conservative_Party" title="Irish Conservative Party">Irish Conservative Party </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Scottish Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_(UK,_1917)" title="National Party (UK, 1917)">National Party (1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Leadership" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords"><span style="color:white;">House of Lords</span></a><br />(1828–1922)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harris,_3rd_Earl_of_Malmesbury" title="James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury">Malmesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Cairns,_1st_Earl_Cairns" title="Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Beaconsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire">Devonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Curzon,_1st_Marquess_Curzon_of_Kedleston" title="George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston">Curzon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom"><span style="color:white;">House of Commons</span></a><br />(1834–1922)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Bentinck" title="Lord George Bentinck">Bentinck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manners,_6th_Duke_of_Rutland" title="Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland">Granby</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><small><i>vacant</i> (1848–1849)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Charles_Manners,_6th_Duke_of_Rutland" title="Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland">Granby</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Herries" title="John Charles Herries">Herries</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Northcote,_1st_Earl_of_Iddesleigh" title="Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh">Northcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Hicks Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Randolph_Churchill" title="Lord Randolph Churchill">R. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(1825%E2%80%931891)" title="William Henry Smith (1825–1891)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_Chamberlain" title="Austen Chamberlain">A. Chamberlain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)"><span style="color:white;">Leaders (1922–)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">N. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">W. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Macmillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Douglas-Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">Hague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Duncan Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Badenoch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party"><span style="color:white;">Chairmen (1911–)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Steel-Maitland" title="Arthur Steel-Maitland">Steel-Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Younger,_1st_Viscount_Younger_of_Leckie" title="George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie">Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Jackson_(cricketer)" title="Stanley Jackson (cricketer)">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._C._Davidson" title="J. C. C. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">N. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baird,_1st_Viscount_Stonehaven" title="John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hacking,_1st_Baron_Hacking" title="Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking">Hacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dugdale,_1st_Baron_Crathorne" title="Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne">Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Assheton,_1st_Baron_Clitheroe" title="Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe">Assheton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Marquis,_1st_Earl_of_Woolton" title="Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton">Woolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Poole,_1st_Baron_Poole" title="Oliver Poole, 1st Baron Poole">Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Hailsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Macleod</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Oliver_Poole,_1st_Baron_Poole" title="Oliver Poole, 1st Baron Poole">Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hare,_1st_Viscount_Blakenham" title="John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham">Blakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_du_Cann" title="Edward du Cann">du Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Barber" title="Anthony Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Thomas,_Baron_Thomas_of_Gwydir" title="Peter Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Carington,_6th_Baron_Carrington" title="Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington">Carrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Thorneycroft" title="Peter Thorneycroft">Thorneycroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parkinson" title="Cecil Parkinson">Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gummer" title="John Gummer">Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">Tebbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Brooke,_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking" title="Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Patten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Fowler,_Baron_Fowler" title="Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hanley" title="Jeremy Hanley">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mawhinney" title="Brian Mawhinney">Mawhinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parkinson" title="Cecil Parkinson">Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ancram" title="Michael Ancram">Ancram</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Fox</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Maurice_Saatchi,_Baron_Saatchi" title="Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi">Saatchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">Maude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Spelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Pickles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayeeda_Warsi,_Baroness_Warsi" title="Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi">Warsi</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Feldman,_Baron_Feldman_of_Elstree" title="Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree">Feldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Shapps</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Feldman,_Baron_Feldman_of_Elstree" title="Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree">Feldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Feldman,_Baron_Feldman_of_Elstree" title="Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree">Feldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">Cleverly</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Ben_Elliot" title="Ben Elliot">Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Milling" title="Amanda Milling">Milling</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Ben_Elliot" title="Ben Elliot">Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Dowden</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Ben_Elliot" title="Ben Elliot">Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stephenson" title="Andrew Stephenson">Stephenson</a>&#160;/&#32;<a href="/wiki/Ben_Elliot" title="Ben Elliot">Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Berry" title="Jake Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Zahawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hands" title="Greg Hands">Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)">Fuller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Maudling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lilley" title="Peter Lilley">Lilley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ancram" title="Michael Ancram">Ancram</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Leadership_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1965 Conservative Party leadership election">1965</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Heath</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1975 Conservative Party leadership election">1975</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1989 Conservative Party leadership election">1989</a> <ul><li>Thatcher re-elected</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1990 Conservative Party leadership election">1990</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">Major</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1995 Conservative Party leadership election">1995</a> <ul><li>Major re-elected</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1997 Conservative Party leadership election">1997</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">Hague</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 Conservative Party leadership election">2001</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Duncan Smith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2003 Conservative Party leadership election">2003</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Howard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2005 Conservative Party leadership election">2005</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 Conservative Party leadership election">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">July–September 2022</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Truss</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">October 2022</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Sunak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2024 Conservative Party leadership election">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Badenoch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Party_structure" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Party structure</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Professional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Board" title="Conservative Party Board">Conservative Party Board</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Campaign_Headquarters" title="Conservative Campaign Headquarters">Conservative Campaign Headquarters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Treasurer of the Conservative Party">Treasurer of the Conservative Party</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Research_Department" title="Conservative Research Department">Conservative Research Department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Voluntary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Conservative_Convention" title="National Conservative Convention">National Conservative Convention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Parliamentary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_Committee" title="1922 Committee">1922 Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chief Whip of the Conservative Party">Conservative Chief Whip's Office</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Conference_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party Conference (UK)">Conservative Party Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Subnational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">Northern Ireland Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Conservatives" title="Gibraltar Conservatives">Gibraltar Conservatives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Directly elected city mayoral authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Conservatives" title="London Conservatives">London Conservatives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Local</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Association" title="Conservative Association">Conservative Associations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Review_(2016)" title="Conservative Party Review (2016)">Conservative Party Review (2016)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Associated_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Associated organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">List</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_organisations_associated_with_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="List of organisations associated with the Conservative Party (UK)">Organisations associated with the Conservative Party</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Sectional groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Women%27s_Organisation" title="Conservative Women&#39;s Organisation">Conservative Women's Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Conservatives_(UK)" title="Young Conservatives (UK)">Young Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatives_Abroad" title="Conservatives Abroad">Conservatives Abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Conservatives" title="LGBT+ Conservatives">LGBT+ Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Conservative_Clubs" title="Association of Conservative Clubs">Association of Conservative Clubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Factional groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_group" title="2020 group">2020 group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activate_(organisation)" title="Activate (organisation)">Activate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic_Bridge" title="The Atlantic Bridge">The Atlantic Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_Conservativism" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Collar Conservativism">Blue Collar Conservativism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Sense_Group" title="Common Sense Group">Common Sense Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Animal_Welfare_Foundation" title="Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation">Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Christian_Fellowship" title="Conservative Christian Fellowship">Conservative Christian Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Co-operative_Movement" title="Conservative Co-operative Movement">Conservative Co-operative Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Countryside_Forum&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Countryside Forum (page does not exist)">Conservative Countryside Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Disability_Group&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Disability Group (page does not exist)">Conservative Disability Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_European_Forum" title="Conservative European Forum">Conservative European Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Friends of America">Conservative Friends of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_the_Chinese" title="Conservative Friends of the Chinese">Conservative Friends of the Chinese</a></li> <li>Conservative Friends of Gibraltar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_India" title="Conservative Friends of India">Conservative Friends of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_Israel" title="Conservative Friends of Israel">Conservative Friends of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_Palestine" title="Conservative Friends of Palestine">Conservative Friends of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_Turkey" title="Conservative Friends of Turkey">Conservative Friends of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_History_Group&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative History Group (page does not exist)">Conservative History Group</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Humanist_Association&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Humanist Association (page does not exist)">Conservative Humanist Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Mainstream" title="Conservative Mainstream">Conservative Mainstream</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Health&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Health (page does not exist)">Conservative Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Muslim_Forum" title="Conservative Muslim Forum">Conservative Muslim Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Education_Society&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Education Society (page does not exist)">Conservative Education Society</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_National_Property_Advisory_Committee&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative National Property Advisory Committee (page does not exist)">Conservative National Property Advisory Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Rural_Affairs_Group&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Rural Affairs Group (page does not exist)">Conservative Rural Affairs Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Science_%26_Technology_Forum" title="Conservative Science &amp; Technology Forum">Conservative Science &amp; Technology Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatives_at_Work" title="Conservatives at Work">Conservative Trade Unionists</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Transport_Group&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Transport Group (page does not exist)">Conservative Transport Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Way_Forward" title="Conservative Way Forward">Conservative Way Forward</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_Women_National_Committee&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Women National Committee (page does not exist)">Conservative Women National Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Workers_%26_Trade_Unionists" title="Conservative Workers &amp; Trade Unionists">Conservative Workers &amp; Trade Unionists</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservatives_4_Cities&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservatives 4 Cities (page does not exist)">Conservatives 4 Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservatives_Against_Fox_Hunting&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservatives Against Fox Hunting (page does not exist)">Conservatives Against Fox Hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatives_at_Work" title="Conservatives at Work">Conservatives at Work</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservatives_for_International_Travel&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservatives for International Travel (page does not exist)">Conservatives for International Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornerstone_Group" title="Cornerstone Group">Cornerstone Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Recovery_Group" title="COVID Recovery Group">COVID Recovery Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Foundation_(think_tank)" title="European Foundation (think tank)">European Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Research_Group" title="European Research Group">European Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresh_Start_(politics)" title="Fresh Start (politics)">Fresh Start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Thatcher Foundation">Margaret Thatcher Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Monday_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Monday Club">Monday Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92_Group" title="92 Group">92 Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Campaign_(UK)" title="No Campaign (UK)">No Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Turning_Back_(political_group)" title="No Turning Back (political group)">No Turning Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Research_Group" title="Northern Research Group">Northern Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Nation_Conservatives_(caucus)" title="One Nation Conservatives (caucus)">One Nation Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Conservatism" title="Popular Conservatism">Popular Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Renewing_One_Nation&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Renewing One Nation (page does not exist)">Renewing One Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selsdon_Group" title="Selsdon Group">Selsdon Group</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tory_Green_Initiative&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tory Green Initiative (page does not exist)">Tory Green Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory_Reform_Group" title="Tory Reform Group">Tory Reform Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Britons%27_Foundation" title="Young Britons&#39; Foundation">Young Britons' Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Families_(Conservative_Party)" title="Five Families (Conservative Party)">Five Families</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Politicians</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Conservative_Party_MPs_(UK)" title="List of Conservative Party MPs (UK)">List of MPs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Conservative_MPs_(2005%E2%80%932010)" title="List of United Kingdom Conservative MPs (2005–2010)">2005–2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Conservative_MPs_(2010%E2%80%932015)" title="List of United Kingdom Conservative MPs (2010–2015)">2010–2015</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Conservative_Party_MPs_in_London" title="List of Conservative Party MPs in London">London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Think_tanks" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Think tanks</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bow_Group" title="Bow Group">Bow Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bright_Blue_(organisation)" title="Bright Blue (organisation)">Bright Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruges_Group_(United_Kingdom)" title="Bruges Group (United Kingdom)">Bruges Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Policy_Studies" title="Centre for Policy Studies">Centre for Policy Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Social_Justice" title="Centre for Social Justice">Centre for Social Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Foundation_(think_tank)" title="European Foundation (think tank)">European Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onward_(think_tank)" title="Onward (think tank)">Onward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policy_Exchange" title="Policy Exchange">Policy Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Conservative_Lawyers" title="Society of Conservative Lawyers">Society of Conservative Lawyers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div id="Party_alliances" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Party alliances</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0087DC;color:white; line-height:1.1em;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>List of current alliances<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Party" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Party">European Conservatives and Reformists Party</a><br 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href="/wiki/Aphra_Brandreth" title="Aphra Brandreth">Aphra Brandreth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Snowden" title="Andrew Snowden">Andrew Snowden</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">Yorkshire and the Humber</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dewhirst" title="Charlie Dewhirst">Charlie Dewhirst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hollinrake" title="Kevin Hollinrake">Kevin Hollinrake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Moore_(politician)" title="Robbie Moore (politician)">Robbie Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Shelbrooke" title="Alec Shelbrooke">Alec Shelbrooke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stuart_(politician)" title="Graham Stuart (politician)">Graham Stuart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Vickers" title="Martin Vickers">Martin Vickers</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">East Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Andrew" title="Stuart Andrew">Stuart Andrew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Argar" title="Edward Argar">Edward Argar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Atkins" title="Victoria Atkins">Victoria Atkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bedford_(politician)" title="Peter Bedford (politician)">Peter Bedford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bool" title="Sarah Bool">Sarah Bool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Davies_(English_politician)" title="Gareth Davies (English politician)">Gareth Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Evans_(politician)" title="Luke Evans (politician)">Luke Evans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Johnson" title="Caroline Johnson">Caroline Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Kearns" title="Alicia Kearns">Alicia Kearns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_O%27Brien" title="Neil O&#39;Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">West Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Anderson_(politician)" title="Stuart Anderson 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Pritchard (politician)">Mark Pritchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Shastri-Hurst" title="Neil Shastri-Hurst">Neil Shastri-Hurst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Thomas_(British_politician)" title="Bradley Thomas (British politician)">Bradley Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wood_(Conservative_politician)" title="Mike Wood (Conservative politician)">Mike Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">East of England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Burghart" title="Alex Burghart">Alex Burghart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cartlidge" title="James Cartlidge">James Cartlidge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cocking" title="Lewis Cocking">Lewis Cocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Freeman_(politician)" title="George Freeman (politician)">George Freeman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackman" title="Bob Blackman">Bob Blackman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fortune" title="Peter Fortune">Peter Fortune</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louie_French" title="Louie French">Louie French</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Lopez_(politician)" title="Julia Lopez (politician)">Julia Lopez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Philp" title="Chris Philp">Chris Philp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Simmonds" title="David Simmonds">David Simmonds</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; 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