Mims Davies

Mims Davies

MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byBaron Davies of Gower
Shadow Minister for Women
In office
8 July 2024 – 31 August 2026
LeaderRishi Sunak
Kemi Badenoch
Preceded byAnneliese Dodds
Succeeded byJoy Morrissey
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
In office
14 December 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byTom Pursglove
Succeeded byStephen Timms
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
In office
27 October 2022 – 14 December 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byAmanda Solloway
Succeeded bySarah Dines
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office
25 July 2019 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAlok Sharma
Succeeded byJulie Marson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness
In office
5 November 2018 – 25 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byTracey Crouch
Succeeded byNigel Adams
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
26 July 2018 – 5 November 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byStuart Andrew
Succeeded byNigel Adams
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byMike Thornton
ConstituencyEastleigh (2015–2019)
Mid Sussex (2019–2024)
East Grinstead and Uckfield (2024–present)
Majority8,480 (16.8%)
Personal details
Born
Miriam Jane Alice Davies

(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 (age 51)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Mark Davies
​
(m. 2000)​
Children2
EducationSwansea University (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Miriam Jane Alice Davies (born 2 June 1975), known as Mims Davies, is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead and Uckfield since 2024. She was an MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019 and MP for Mid Sussex from 2019 to 2024.

Davies has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since November 2024. She was Shadow Minister for Women from 2024 to 2026. She resigned as Employment Minister in July 2022, after losing confidence in Johnson's leadership.

Notes

  1. ↑ As Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 8 July 2024 to 5 November 2024
  2. ↑ As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 14 December 2023 to 12 April 2024
  3. ↑ Adams succeeded Davies as Minister of State for Sport, Media and Creative Industries and The Baroness Barran succeeded Davies as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society and Loneliness.

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9122.
  2. ↑ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-08.</ref She was the [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales]] and [[Minister for Sport and Civil Society|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Civil Society]] [[Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness|and Loneliness]] in [[Theresa May]]'s government from 2018 to 2019. After [[Boris Johnson]] became Prime Minister in July 2019, Davies became [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment]] at the [[Department for Work and Pensions]].<ref name="20191213_BBCGEResult">"Sussex Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC election results 2019 GE. BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Brown, Faye (6 July 2022). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after six more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

Other websites

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