Dehenna Davison

Davison is the first Conservative to represent the constituency since its creation in 1885.

The seat had previously been held by Labour for 84 years.

After her election, she was considered a "rising star" in the party, and an example of a Conservative representing a red wall constituency.

However, in 2022 she announced that she would not stand for the next general election.

She supported Liz Truss in her successful campaign to become Prime Minister in September 2022 and subsequently became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up.

Davison is a classical liberal and supported Brexit.

Davison was the first Conservative MP for the constituency since its creation in 1885.

The seat had been represented by a Labour MP since 1935.

Dehenna Sheridan Davison (born 27 July 1993) is a British Conservative Party politician and former broadcaster.

Dehenna Sheridan Davison was born on 27 July 1993 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, where she grew up on a council estate.

Her father, Dominic, was a stonemason, and her mother, Nicola, was a nursery nurse.

Davison attended Sheffield High School, a private school on a scholarship sponsored by the bank HSBC.

When she was 13 years old, her father was attacked and killed.

His assailant was acquitted of manslaughter but served 18 months in jail for a separate assault charge.

Three years later, she represented the family at a criminal injuries compensation tribunal and has commented in interviews that the experience fostered her interest in politics.

Davison studied British Politics and Legislative Studies at the University of Hull.

During her time at the university, she spent a year working as a parliamentary aide for Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP for North East Somerset.

Davison was also a NUS delegate and played for the university's lacrosse team.

Her campaign focused on promises on Brexit, and reopening Bishop Auckland Hospital's emergency department which had been closed in 2009.

Since her election, she was considered a "rising star" in the party and a prominent Conservative representing a red wall constituency.

She was the Conservative candidate for Kingston upon Hull North and Sedgefield in the 2015 and 2017 general elections respectively.

Davison was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Kingston upon Hull North constituency at the 2015 general election.

She finished third behind the Labour Party and UK Independence Party candidates.

She studied British Politics and Legislative Studies at the University of Hull, where she was an NUS delegate, and successfully led a campaign to disaffiliate the university's student union in 2016.

She led a successful campaign to disaffiliate the university's student union from the NUS in 2016.

In the same year, Davison was the Conservative candidate for the Kings Park ward in the Hull City Council election, where she finished last.

Davison supported Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and is a classical liberal.

She next contested Sedgefield at the 2017 general election, where she finished second behind the Labour candidate.

In 2018, she again contested and finished fifth in the Kingswood ward.

In her late teens and early twenties, while she was a student, Davison had a variety of jobs, including working in a video games retailer, a casino, a betting shop, and a branch of Pizza Hut.

Prior to becoming an MP, Davison was a research and development analyst for LUMO, a company which advises businesses on tax credits.

She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland since the 2019 general election.

She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between September 2022 and September 2023.

Born to a stonemason and nursery nurse in Sheffield, Davison grew up on a council estate, and attended Sheffield High School on a scholarship.

Davison was elected as MP for Bishop Auckland in the 2019 general election.

In the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, she supported Jeremy Hunt.

She was elected as MP for Bishop Auckland at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 7,962 (17.8%) on a swing of 9.5% from Labour to the Conservatives.

She made her maiden speech on 16 January 2020.

In that month, she voiced her support for scrapping the planned high-speed railway project HS2, and re-investing the money into local transport schemes.

On 14 February 2020, it was reported that Davison had been photographed with two far-right activists at a party to celebrate Brexit on 31 January in her constituency.