Chris Davies (Conservative politician)

Christopher Davies
MP
Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
Member of Parliament
for Brecon and Radnorshire
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Roger Williams
Majority 8,038 (19.5%)
Personal details
Born (1967-08-18) 18 August 1967
Swansea Valley, United
Kingdom
Political party Conservative

Christopher Paul Davies[1] is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire after winning the seat in the 2015 general election.[2]

Early life and career

Davies attended Morriston School in Wales.[3]

He worked as a rural auctioneer and estate agent, before managing a large veterinary practice in Hay-on-Wye. He is a regular main ring commentator at the Royal Welsh Show.[4][5]

Political career

Davies was the Conservative candidate for Brecon and Radnorshire at the 2011 Welsh Assembly election.[4]

He was elected to Powys County Council in 2012, representing Glasbury ward.[6]

He was first elected to the UK Parliament as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire at the 2015 general election, defeating the incumbent Liberal Democrat Roger Williams. He was re-elected with an increased majority at the 2017 election. During the 2017 election campaign, Davies was ordered to repay the cost of 7,500 House of Commons envelopes, costing £5,037.90, which he used to send surveys to his constituents, a week after the decision was taken to dissolve Parliament ahead of the general election. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority ruled that Davies “could reasonably have foreseen that responses to the survey would not arrive in time for him to make use of them for parliamentary purposes”, and the content of the letter was “likely to be read as party political". Davies apologised and agreed to repay the costs.[7]

He is a member of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, and in 2018 was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stuart Andrew and Nick Bourne in the Wales Office.[8]

In April 2018 the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority - which oversees MPs' expenses - referred Davies to the Metropolitan Police "in relation to an allegation of fraudulent expense claims submitted by an individual". Mr Davies attributed the claim to "my inexperience of the IPSA code" and insisted that he done nothing wrong.[9] On 17 July 2018 he was interviewed under caution.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9127.
  2. ↑ "Brecon and Radnorshire Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ↑ ‘DAVIES, Christopher Paul’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  4. 1 2 "Hay vet Chris Davies becomes Brecon and Radnor's Conservative assembly candidate". Hereford Times. 22 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Chris Davies MP". The Welsh Conservative Party. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "About Chris". Chris Davies MP. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Williamson, David (5 October 2017). "A Welsh MP has been ordered to repay the cost of 7,500 envelopes". walesonline. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "How can ministerial aides scrutinise their own bosses?". BBC News. 23 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "MP could face expenses claim fraud probe". BBC News. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Police quiz Chris Davies MP over expenses claim". BBC News. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Roger Williams		 Member of Parliament
for Brecon and Radnorshire
2015–present		 Incumbent
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