Dehenna Davison

Dehenna Davison
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up
In office
8 September 2022 – 18 September 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byLia Nici
Succeeded byJacob Young
Member of Parliament
for Bishop Auckland
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byHelen Goodman
Succeeded bySam Rushworth
Personal details
Born
Dehenna Sheridan Davison

(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
John Fareham
(m. 2018; sep. 2019)
Residence(s)Coundon, County Durham, England
Alma materUniversity of Hull
OccupationPolitician and former broadcaster
Websitedehennadavison.com

Dehenna Sheridan Davison (/diˈɛnə/;[1] born 27 July 1993) is a former British Conservative Party politician and broadcaster. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland from 2019 to 2024. 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. 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.

Davison was elected as MP for Bishop Auckland in the 2019 general election. She was the Conservative candidate for Kingston upon Hull North and Sedgefield in the 2015 and 2017 general elections respectively. 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, a role she retained under Rishi Sunak. Davison is a classical liberal and supported Brexit.

  1. ^ "House of Commons: Tuesday 17 December 2019: Meeting started at 2.23pm, ended 9.37pm". Parliament TV. Event occurs at 21:21:14. Retrieved 18 December 2019.