David Davis: British Conservative Party politician and former businessman (born 1948)
David Michael Davis (born 23 December 1948) is an English politician.
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He is a member of the Conservative Party. In July 2016, Davis became the first Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union under the Theresa May cabinet.
David Davis | |
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 Davis in 2020 | |
| Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | |
| In office 13 July 2016 – 8 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Raab |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
| In office 11 November 2003 – 12 June 2008 | |
| Leader | Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Oliver Letwin |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Grieve |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 23 July 2002 – 11 November 2003 | |
| Leader | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Preceded by | Eric Pickles (Local Government and the Regions) |
| Succeeded by | Eric Pickles (Local Government) Bernard Jenkin (Regions) |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 18 September 2001 – 23 July 2002 | |
| Leader | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Preceded by | Michael Ancram |
| Succeeded by | Theresa May |
| Chair of the Public Accounts Committee | |
| In office 18 June 1997 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Robert Sheldon |
| Succeeded by | Edward Leigh |
| Minister of State for Europe | |
| In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Heathcoat-Amory |
| Succeeded by | Doug Henderson |
| Member of Parliament for Haltemprice and Howden Boothferry (1987–1997) | |
| Assumed office 11 June 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Bryan |
| Majority | 16,195 (33.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1948 York, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Doreen Davis |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick London Business School |
Davis was born in York and raised in south London.
He was the Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 - 2008. He is the Member of Parliament for the Haltemprice and Howden constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in the 1987 general election for the Boothferry constituency.
On 12 June 2008, Davis said he was going to resign as an MP, and was immediately replaced as Shadow Home Secretary. This was intended to force a by-election in his seat, for which he intended to seek re-election by mounting a specific campaign designed to provoke wider public debate about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. Following his formal resignation as an MP on 18 June 2008, he officially became the Conservative candidate in the resulting by-election and won it on 10 July 2008.
In 2017, Davis proposed a new treaty between UK and EU to fight crime and terror, after series of terrorist incidents in UK. In September 2017, he stated that UK was to remain as the part of Europol. However, EU is said to have refused to discuss Europol, which exchanges crime and counter-terrorism information and intelligence, until it judges that "sufficient progress" has been been on the financial settlement, Ireland and citizen's rights after Brexit.
On 8 July 2018 Davis resigned as Brexit Secretary.
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