Dehenna Davison | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up | |
| In office 8 September 2022 – 18 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Lia Nici |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Young |
| Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Helen Goodman |
| Succeeded by | Sam Rushworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dehenna Sheridan Davison 27 July 1993 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
John Fareham
(m. 2018; sep. 2019) |
| Residence(s) | Coundon, County Durham, England |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
| Occupation | Politician and former broadcaster |
| Website | dehennadavison |
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.
- ^ "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.