David TC Davies

The Right Honourable David TC Davies MP
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Robert Buckland
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 16 December 2019 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Preceded by	Kevin Foster
Succeeded by	James Davies
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 8 July 2022 – 8 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
Assistant Government Whip
In office 13 February 2020 – 8 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee
In office 8 June 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Dr Hywel Francis
Succeeded by	Stephen Crabb
Member of Parliament for Monmouth
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Huw Edwards
Majority	9,982 (19.9%)
Member of the Senedd for Monmouth
In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Nick Ramsay
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-27) 27 July 1970 (age 53) Newham, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Aliz Harnisföger ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	3
Website	Official website

David Thomas Charles Davies (born 27 July 1970) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Wales since 2022 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he chaired the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2010 to 2019. Davies also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales from 2019 to 2022.

A vocal critic of the European Union, he supported Brexit in the 2016 membership referendum.^[1] Having previously questioned the scientific evidence for the role of human factors in global warming, Davies said in 2019 that he supported the UK government's intention to become carbon neutral by 2050 and that he fully accepted the link between carbon dioxide and climate change.^[2]