Mims Davies | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Baron Davies of Gower |
| Shadow Minister for Women[a] | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Anneliese Dodds |
| Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work[b] | |
| In office 14 December 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Tom Pursglove |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Timms |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 14 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Amanda Solloway |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Dines |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | |
| In office 25 July 2019 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Alok Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Julie Marson |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness | |
| In office 5 November 2018 – 25 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Tracey Crouch |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Adams[c] |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 26 July 2018 – 5 November 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Stuart Andrew |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Adams |
| Member of Parliament for East Grinstead and Uckfield | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 8,480 (16.8%) |
| Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Soames |
| Succeeded by | Alison Bennett |
| Member of Parliament for Eastleigh | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Paul Holmes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miriam Jane Alice Davies 2 June 1975 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Website | Official website |
Miriam Jane Alice Davies[1] (born 2 June 1975), known as Mims Davies, is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead and Uckfield since 2024. She previously served as MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019 and MP for Mid Sussex from 2019 to 2024. Davies has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since November 2024, and Shadow Minister for Women since July 2024.[2] She previously served in various ministerial positions between 2018 and 2024.
Davies was first elected to Parliament as MP for Eastleigh in May 2015.[3] She was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in Theresa May's government from 2018 to 2019. After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, Davies was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment at the Department for Work and Pensions. She was elected in the 2019 general election as the MP for Mid Sussex.[4] She resigned as Employment Minister in July 2022, after losing confidence in Johnson's leadership.[5] Davies was re-elected to Parliament in 2024 after standing in the newly established East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
- ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9122.
- ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Eastleigh parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC election results 2019 GE. BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Sussex Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC election results 2019 GE. BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Brown, Faye (6 July 2022). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after six more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 6 July 2022.