Andrew RT Davies
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Andrew R. T. Davies AM |
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| Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Bourne |
| Shadow Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills | |
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In office 16 June 2008 – 2009 |
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| Leader | Nick Bourne |
| Preceded by | Alun Cairns |
| Shadow Minister for Transport | |
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In office 11 July 2007 – 16 June 2008 |
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| Leader | Nick Bourne |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | David Melding |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales Central |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jonathan Morgan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) Vale of Glamorgan, Wales |
| Political party | Conservative |
Andrew Robert Tudor Davies (born 1968) is a British politician and farmer, who has been a Conservative Party member of the National Assembly for Wales since May 2007. He was elected leader of the Welsh Conservative group in the National Assembly for Wales on 14 July 2011.
Davies was educated at Llanfair Primary School, St John's Preparatory School, Porthcawl, and later boarded at Wycliffe College, Stroud. He is married to a qualified midwife and they have four children. He is a partner in the family farming business based in St Hilary near Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan. Davies was a Welsh delegate on the Council of the National Farmers Union (NFU); Vice president of the local Young Farmers Club; and is a former Chairman of Creative Communities, which seeks to develop structural community development. Davies is also a life governor of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, and was the Society’s Oxford Scholar in 2002. He is a former governor at Llanfair Primary School.
Joining the Conservative Party in 1997, Davies fought Cardiff West in the 2001 general election, and Brecon and Radnorshire in 2005. He has served as Deputy Chairman (Political) for the Conservative Party in South Wales Central 2002–03, a region that comprises Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan; and Cardiff West Conservative Association 2004–05. In 2007, he was elected to the National Assembly of Wales. Davies' political interests include education, health and rural affairs.
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