Ed Davey

**Sir Edward Jonathan "Ed" Davey** <small>MP</small> (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.

Davey won his seat back in the 2017 general election.

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.

## Other websites

- Ed Davey's website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Sir Ed Davey
- **image**: Official portrait of Ed Davey MP crop 3, 2024.jpg
- **office**: Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- **caption**: Davey in 2024
- **deputy**: Daisy Cooper
- **term start**: 27 August 2020
- **1blankname**: President of the Liberal Democrats, President
- **1namedata**: Sal Brinton, The Baroness Brinton
Mark Pack
- **predecessor**: Jo Swinson
- **office1**: List of Deputy Leaders of the Liberal Democrats, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- **leader1**: Jo Swinson
- **term start1**: 3 September 2019
- **term end1**: 27 August 2020
- **predecessor1**: Jo Swinson
- **successor1**: Daisy Cooper
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- **primeminister2**: David Cameron
- **term start2**: 3 February 2012
- **term end2**: 8 May 2015
- **predecessor2**: Chris Huhne
- **successor2**: Amber Rudd
- **office3**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
- **primeminister3**: David Cameron
- **term start3**: 20 May 2010
- **term end3**: 3 February 2012
- **predecessor3**: Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green, Lord Young of Norwood Green
- **successor3**: Norman Lamb
- **office4**: Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman
- **leader4**: Jo Swinson
Serving with Sal Brinton (2019–2020)
and Mark Pack (2020–present)
- **term start4**: 21 August 2019
- **predecessor4**: Chuka Umunna
- **office5**: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- **leader5**: Jo Swinson
- **term start5**: 21 August 2019
- **term end5**: 21 October 2019
- **predecessor5**: Chuka Umunna (Business and Industrial Strategy)
Wera Hobhouse (Energy and Climate Change)
- **successor5**: Sam Gyimah
- **office6**: Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs
- **leader6**: Tim Farron
Vince Cable
Jo Swinson
- **term start6**: 17 June 2017
- **term end6**: 21 August 2019
- **predecessor6**: Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick, Lord Paddick
- **successor6**: Christine Jardine
- **office7**: Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat frontbench team, Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- **leader7**: Nick Clegg
- **term start7**: 18 December 2007
- **term end7**: 12 May 2010
- **predecessor7**: Michael Moore (UK politician), Michael Moore
- **successor7**: Tim Farron
- **office8**: Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat frontbench team, Spokesperson for Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom), Trade and Industry
- **leader8**: Menzies Campbell, Sir Ming Campbell
Vince Cable
- **term start8**: 3 March 2006
- **term end8**: 18 December 2007
- **predecessor8**: Norman Lamb
- **successor8**: Susan Kramer
- **office9**: Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat frontbench team, Spokesperson for Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom), Education and Skills
- **leader9**: Charles Kennedy
Menzies Campbell, Sir Ming Campbell
- **term start9**: 16 May 2005
- **term end9**: 3 March 2006
- **predecessor9**: Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, Phil Willis
- **successor9**: Sarah Teather
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency), Kingston and Surbiton
- **term start10**: 9 June 2017
- **predecessor10**: James Berry (barrister), James Berry
- **majority10**: 17,235 (34.4%)
- **term start11**: 1 May 1997
- **term end11**: 30 March 2015
- **predecessor11**: Boundary commissions (United Kingdom), _Constituency established_
- **successor11**: James Berry
- **birth name**: Edward Jonathan Davey
- **birth place**: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
- **party**: Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats
- **alma mater**: Jesus College, Oxford
Birkbeck, University of London
- **footnotes**: Davey served as Acting Leader from 13 December 2019 to 27 August 2020 alongside the President of the Liberal Democrats, Party Presidents Sal Brinton, Baroness Sal Brinton and Mark Pack, following Jo Swinson's election defeat in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. Davey was elected Leader in August 2020.