Byron Davies

Byron Davies MP
Member of Parliament for Gower
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Martin Caton
Majority	27 (0.1%)
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West
In office 6 May 2011 – 8 May 2015
Preceded by	David Lloyd
Succeeded by	Altaf Hussain
Personal details
Born	4 September 1952 Swansea, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of West London
Website	byrondavies.org.uk

Henry Byron Davies (born 4 September 1952) is a Conservative Party politician. On 7 May 2015 he was elected the Member of Parliament for Gower at the 2015 general election. Previously elected as a member of National Assembly for Wales, shortly after the Westminster election (on 9 May 2015), he decided to step down as an Assembly Member so that he could fulfill his parliamentary duties for Gower. Davies had become a South Wales West Assembly Member at the May 2011 election.^[1]

He is the first Conservative elected for his Westminster seat, which was previously held by the Liberal or Labour party since its foundation in 1885.

Background

Born, raised and educated in Gower, Davies 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.^[2]

References

1. "Wales elections > South Wales West". BBC News. BBC. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
2. Blake, Aled (6 May 2011). "Assembly election: Meet the incoming AMs". WalesOnline website (Media Wales Ltd). Retrieved 13 May 2011.