David Mundell | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 11 May 2015 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Alistair Carmichael |
| Succeeded by | Alister Jack |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 14 May 2010 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Ann McKechin |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Dunlop |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 7 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Eleanor Laing |
| Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
| Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 4,242 (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 by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Derek Brownlee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Gordon Mundell 27 May 1962 Dumfries, Scotland |
| Political party |
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| Spouse |
Lynda Carmichael
(m. 1987; div. 2012) |
| Children | 3, including Oliver |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | davidmundell |
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.
- ^ "Election 2015: David Mundell named new secretary of state for Scotland". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
- ^ David Mundell (13 January 2016). "New Year, New Start". Davidmundell.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Scottish secretary David Mundell comes out as gay". BBC News. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "www.parliament.uk". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.