Ed Davey

Sir Edward Jonathan "Ed" Davey MP (born 25 December 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was born in Mansfield. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston from 1997. In 2012, he became the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. In 2015 he lost his seat in the election, the first cabinet minister to lose his seat since 1977.^[1]

The Right Honourable Sir Ed Davey FRSA MP
Davey in 2024
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2020[a]
Deputy	Daisy Cooper
President	The Baroness Brinton Mark Pack
Preceded by	Jo Swinson
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
In office 3 September 2019 – 27 August 2020
Leader	Jo Swinson
Preceded by	Jo Swinson
Succeeded by	Daisy Cooper
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office 3 February 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Chris Huhne
Succeeded by	Amber Rudd
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
In office 20 May 2010 – 3 February 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Lord Young of Norwood Green
Succeeded by	Norman Lamb
Liberal Democrat frontbench positions Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman Incumbent Assumed office 21 August 2019 Leader Jo Swinson Serving with Sal Brinton (2019–2020) and Mark Pack (2020–present) Preceded by Chuka Umunna Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy In office 21 August 2019 – 21 October 2019 Leader Jo Swinson Preceded by Chuka Umunna (Business and Industrial Strategy) Wera Hobhouse (Energy and Climate Change) Succeeded by Sam Gyimah Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs In office 17 June 2017 – 21 August 2019 Leader Tim Farron Vince Cable Jo Swinson Preceded by Lord Paddick Succeeded by Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs In office 18 December 2007 – 12 May 2010 Leader Nick Clegg Preceded by Michael Moore Succeeded by Tim Farron (2015) Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Trade and Industry In office 3 March 2006 – 18 December 2007 Leader Sir Ming Campbell Vince Cable (Acting) Preceded by Norman Lamb Succeeded by Susan Kramer Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education and Skills In office 16 May 2005 – 3 March 2006 Leader Charles Kennedy Sir Ming Campbell Preceded by Phil Willis Succeeded by Sarah Teather
Member of Parliament for Kingston and Surbiton
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 June 2017
Preceded by	James Berry
Majority	17,235 (34.4%)
In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	James Berry
Personal details
Born	Edward Jonathan Davey (1965-12-25) 25 December 1965 (age 59) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s)	Emily Gasson ​ (m. 2005)​
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford Birkbeck, University of London
Website	www.eddavey.org
^ Davey served as Acting Leader from 13 December 2019 to 27 August 2020 alongside the Party Presidents Baroness Sal Brinton and Mark Pack, following Jo Swinson's election defeat in the 2019 general election. Davey was elected Leader in August 2020.

Davey won his seat back in the 2017 general election.^[2]

In 2019, he ran for the Liberal Democratic leadership post. He lost the leadership race to Jo Swinson. He later became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

After Swinson lost her seat in the 2019 election, he became acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats. In August 2020, he was elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats, beating Layla Moran in the contest.