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The Right Honourable
David Mundell
WS MP
Official portrait, 2020
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by
Constituency established
Majority
3,781 (7.7%)
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
(1962-05-27) 27 May 1962 (age 62) Dumfries, Scotland
Political party
Conservative (1976–81, 1988–present)
SDP (1981–88)
Spouse
Lynda Carmichael
(m. 1987; div. 2012)
Children
3, including Oliver
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
University of Strathclyde
Website
davidmundell.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 Dumfresshire, 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.
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