James Davies (politician)

James Davies
MP
Member of Parliament
for Vale of Clwyd
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Chris Ruane
Majority 237 (0.6%)
Personal details
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980
St Asaph, Wales
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Christ's College, Cambridge

Dr James Michael Davies is a British Conservative Party politician. In the 2015 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Vale of Clwyd with 39% of the vote, ahead of incumbent Chris Ruane of Labour who gained 38.4%.[1] Ruane had held the seat for 18 years, but Davies earned 237 more votes.[2]

He was educated at the King's School, Chester and Christ's College, Cambridge.[3]

Davies was born in St Asaph in his constituency, tracing his lineage there back seven generations. He is a General Practitioner specialising in dementia. Davies was elected to Prestatyn council in 2004. He is married to Nina and they have a son.[4] In October 2015 Davies was criticized regarding his decision to vote against the motion in the House of Commons to scrap a 5% tax on sanitary products. In an interview with the Daily Post newspaper, constituent Kay Sharp said, “It is cowardly and ridiculous that an MP would block non-abusive constituents who act well within their rights to question the voting choices and decisions made. None of these constituents, myself included, were in any way abusive, rude, or aggressive, we simply questioned his choices in a reasoned manner, and stated why we disagreed with them.”[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Vale of Clwyd". BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election 2015: Tories snatch Vale of Clwyd seat". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ↑ ‘DAVIES, James Michael’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  4. ↑ Welton, Blake (9 April 2015). "James Davies, Conservative candidate for Vale of Clwyd". Daily Post. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Williams, Kelly (2015-10-29). "Twitter row after Dr James Davies MP blocks constituents over 'tampon tax' tweets". northwales. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Chris Ruane		 Member of Parliament
for Vale of Clwyd
2015–present 		Incumbent
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