Please answer the following question: Facts: - leader: michael smith iain duncan smith howard david cameron iain duncan smith iain duncan - successor: dominic affairs -rrb- theresa may edward leigh doug henderson himself grieve david curry -lrb- local and devolved government - party: conservative - spouse: doreen davis - predecessor: oliver and the regions -rrb- michael ancram robert sheldon david heathcoat-amory letwin himself paul bryan theresa may -lrb- transport , local government - office: shadow office of the deputy prime minister chairman of the conservative home party chair of the public accounts committee minister of state secretary for europe member of parliament for haltemprice and howden boothferry shadow -lrb- 1987 -- 1997 -rrb- secretary of state for the - primeminister: john major - term end: 12 7 june 2001 2 may 1997 12 june 2008 june 2008 11 november 2003 23 july 2002 - children: 3 - term start: 11 18 june 1997 20 july 1994 11 july 2008 11 november june 1987 2003 23 july 2002 18 september 2001 - birth date: 23 december 1948 - name: david davis - image: david davis.jpg - majority: 11,602 -lrb- 23.8 % -rrb- - birth place: york , england - alma mater: university of warwick university of london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david davis -lrb- british politician -rrb- .
Answer:
david michael davis -lrb- born 23 december 1948 -rrb- is a british conservative party politician who is the current elected member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for the parliamentary constituency of haltemprice and howden .davis was sworn of the privy council in the 1997 new year honours , having previously been minister of state at the foreign office from july 1994 to april 1997 .davis was raised on aboyne estate , a council estate in tooting , south west london .after attending bec grammar school in tooting , london , he went on to gain a master 's degree in business at the age of 25 , and went into a career with tate & lyle .entering parliament in 1987 at the age of 38 for the boothferry constituency , in his subsequent political career he held the positions of conservative party chairman and shadow deputy prime minister .between 2003 and 2008 , he was the shadow home secretary in the shadow cabinet , under both michael howard and david cameron .davis had previously been a candidate for the leadership of the conservative party in 2001 and 2005 , coming fourth and then second .on 12 june 2008 , davis unexpectedly announced his intention to resign as an mp , and was immediately replaced as shadow home secretary .this was in order to force a by-election in his seat , for which he intended to seek re-election by mounting a specific campaign designed to provoke wider public debate about the erosion of civil liberties in the united kingdom .following his formal resignation as an mp on 18 june 2008 , he officially became the conservative candidate in the resulting by-election and won it on 10 july 2008 .davis was invited by prime minister david cameron to join the cabinet of his coalition government , but he declined , staying on the backbenches to scrutinise and critique the government .