Byron Davies MP |
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Member of Parliament for Gower |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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Preceded by | Martin Caton |
Majority | 27 (0.1%) |
Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West |
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In office 6 May 2011 – 8 May 2015 |
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Preceded by | David Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Altaf Hussain |
Personal details | |
Born |
Swansea, United Kingdom |
4 September 1952
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of West London |
Website | byrondavies |
Henry Byron Davies (born 4 September 1952) is a Conservative Party politician.
Byron Davies was born, raised and educated in Gower. He was a police officer in London before his selection as a Welsh Conservative Assembly candidate. While in the police he attained senior rank as a detective in the Metropolitan Police Service.
On 7 May 2015 he was elected the Member of Parliament for Gower at the 2015 general election. Previously elected as a member of National Assembly for Wales, on 9 May 2015 (shortly after the Westminster election) he decided to step down as an Assembly Member so that he could fulfill his parliamentary duties for Gower. Davies had become a South Wales West Assembly Member at the May 2011 election.
Davies was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum but has since decided that Brexit means Brexit.