Byron Davies, Baron Davies of Gower

The Lord Davies of Gower
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
In office
8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byJo Stevens
Succeeded byMims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime and Security
In office
14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byThe Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Succeeded byMike Kane
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 72)
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 Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector.

President of the Welsh Conservative Party since 2020, Lord Davies served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales from July to November 2024. He was a Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West from 2011 to 2015, and Member of Parliament for Gower from 2015 to 2017, before being elevated to the peerage in 2019.

Lord Davies currently serves as an Opposition spokesman for Home affairs in the House of Lords, since 11 November 2024.[3]

  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. ^ www.parliament.uk

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