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After Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 general election, Davey, while remaining deputy leader, served as acting leader alongside Liberal Democrat presidents Baroness Brinton and Mark Pack from December 2019 to August 2020. [8] [9] Davey stood in the 2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election, in which he defeated Layla Moran with
Sir Ed Davey and The Baroness Brinton were jointly Acting Leader during this interim prior to 31 December 2019. Sir Ed Davey and Mark Pack were jointly Acting Leader during this interim from 1 January 2020. 8 Sir Ed Davey (1965–) Kingston and Surbiton: 27 August 2020 : Incumbent: 1651 days Truss 2022; Sunak 2022–2024; Starmer 2024–present
Ed Davey was announced as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats on 27 August. [62] This was the largest margin of victory in a contested race since the 1988 leadership election, where Paddy Ashdown won with 71% of the vote. [63]
Disclosures over his role as minister amid the Post Office horizon IT scandal have led to calls from Tory MPs for the Lib Dem leader to stand down.
The Liberal Democrat leader did circuits of a field in Wiltshire in a JCB tractor alongside parliamentary candidate for Chippenham Sarah Gibson. Ed Davey drives tractor in new Lib Dem stunt as he ...
Sir Ed Davey took part in a bungee jump as he urged voters to take a similar “leap of faith” and back the Liberal Democrats on Thursday. The Lib Dem leader sought a General Election poll ...
Frontbench Team of Ed Davey [3] Portfolio Current holder Term Leader of the Liberal Democrats: The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey FRSA MP: 2020–present Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats: Daisy Cooper MP (2020–present) 2020–present Treasury: 2024–present Chief Whip: Wendy Chamberlain MP: 2020–present Foreign Affairs: Calum Miller MP: 2024 ...
The leader of Britain’s centrist Liberal Democrats has turned the country’s six-week general election campaign into a showreel of self-deprecating fun. Davey, 58, has tumbled off a paddleboard ...