About David
David Davis has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, representing Haltemprice and Howden from 1997. He held the Cabinet Office and Foreign Office roles in 1990s, chairing the Public Accounts Committee after 1997, then served as Conservative Party Chairman and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister. He was Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 until resigning in 2008. In 2016 he was appointed Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, leading government work on Brexit until his resignation in July 2018.
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SpeakerPolitician / DiplomatAfter dinnerTax FairnessBrexitCivil LibertiesEducational ReformFairness In Politics And SocietyForeign PolicyGovernment Policy
Known for
- Conservative Party Chairman
- Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
- Shadow Home Secretary
- Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
- Chairman of Public Accounts Committee
- Chairing the Future of Banking Commission
- Civil liberties advocacy
- Brexit policy
- Influential Conservative Backbencher
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