David Mundell

David Mundell
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
11 May 2015 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byAlistair Carmichael
Succeeded byAlister Jack
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
14 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byAnn McKechin
Succeeded byThe Lord Dunlop
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
7 December 2005 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byEleanor Laing
Succeeded byJim Murphy
Member of Parliament
for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority4,242 (9.6%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South of Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 1999 – 5 May 2005
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byDerek Brownlee
Personal details
Born
David Gordon Mundell

(1962-05-27) 27 May 1962 (age 62)
Dumfries, Scotland
Political party
Spouse
Lynda Carmichael
(m. 1987; div. 2012)
Children3, including Oliver
Alma mater
Websitedavidmundell.com

David Gordon Mundell, WS (born 27 May 1962) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019.[1] Mundell was the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister, coming out in 2016.[2][3]

From 1999 to 2005, Mundell served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region. Once elected to the House of Commons, he served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2010 and Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2010 to 2015.[4] He served in the Cabinet as Scotland Secretary from 2015 until 2019; the first Conservative to hold the position since Michael Forsyth in 1997.

  1. ^ "Election 2015: David Mundell named new secretary of state for Scotland". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ David Mundell (13 January 2016). "New Year, New Start". Davidmundell.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Scottish secretary David Mundell comes out as gay". BBC News. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. ^ "www.parliament.uk". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.