The Right Honourable
The Lord Davies of Gower
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime and Security
Assumed office
14 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byThe Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
22 September 2022 – 14 November 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak[1]
Succeeded byThe Lord Gascoigne
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
10 October 2019
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Gower
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byMartin Caton
Succeeded byTonia Antoniazzi
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for South Wales West
In office
6 May 2011 – 15 May 2015[2]
Preceded byDavid Lloyd
Succeeded byAltaf Hussain
Personal details
Born (1952-09-04) 4 September 1952 (age 71)
Swansea, Wales
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of West London

Henry Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower (born 4 September 1952) is a Welsh Conservative politician, life peer and former police officer. He was a Member of the Welsh Assembly from 2011 to 2015, a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2017, and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2019. He served as a Lord in Waiting between September 2022 and November 2023.[3] He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport on 14 November 2023.[4]

Early life and career

Byron Davies was born in Port Eynon, Gower and educated at Gowerton Boys’ Grammar School.[5] He was a police officer in London before his selection as a Welsh Conservative Assembly candidate. While in the police he attained senior rank as a detective in the Metropolitan Police Service.[6]

Political career

Davies stood unsuccessfully for Gower in both the Welsh Assembly Election 2007 and at the 2010 general election. In May 2011, Davies was successful for the time being elected to the National Assembly for Wales representing South Wales West.[7] On 7 May 2015, he was elected the Member of Parliament for Gower at the 2015 general election. On 9 May 2015 shortly after the Westminster election), he decided to step down as an Assembly Member so that he could fulfill his parliamentary duties for Gower.

Davies was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[8] He was defeated at the 2017 general election.

Post Parliamentary career

From September 2017 to September 2020, Davies served as chair of the Welsh Conservatives taking over from former MP and MEP Jonathan Evans.[9]

House of Lords

Davies was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours list on 10 September 2019.[10] He was created Baron Davies of Gower, of Gower in the County of Swansea, on 10 October 2019.[11] He served as a government whip under both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2023. In November 2023 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

Honours

Ribbon Details Year awarded
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  • 2002
  • UK version of this medal
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

References

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Byron Davies AM". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Ministerial appointments: November 2023". GOV.UK. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ Wales Online. "Who are the candidates standing in Gower in the General Election 2017?". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ Blake, Aled (6 May 2011). "Assembly election: Meet the incoming AMs". WalesOnline website. Media Wales Ltd. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Wales elections > South Wales West". BBC News. BBC. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  8. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Byron Davies elected Welsh Tory chair". 4 September 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  11. ^ "No. 62798". The London Gazette. 16 October 2019. p. 18552.

Offices held

Senedd Preceded byDavid Lloyd Member of the National Assemblyfor South Wales West 2011–2015 Succeeded byAltaf Hussain Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byMartin Caton Member of Parliamentfor Gower 2015–2017 Succeeded byTonia Antoniazzi Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom Preceded byThe Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row GentlemenBaron Davies of Gower Followed byThe Lord Ranger
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