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
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2019
Preceded by
Helen Goodman
Majority
7,962 (17.8%)
Personal details
Born
Dehenna Sheridan Davison
(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 30) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
John Fareham
(m. 2018; sep. 2019)
Alma mater
University of Hull
Occupation
Politician and former broadcaster
Website
dehennadavison.com
Dehenna Sheridan Davison (/diˈɛnə/;[1] born 27 July 1993) is a British Conservative Party politician and former broadcaster. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland since the 2019 general election. 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. 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.
Dehenna Sheridan Davison (/diˈɛnə/; born 27 July 1993) is a British Conservative Party politician and former broadcaster. She has been the Member of Parliament...
until the next election" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Bishop Auckland MP DehennaDavison will not stand at next election". ITV News. 25 November 2022. Retrieved...
2023. McKeon, Christopher (18 September 2023). "Levelling up minister DehennaDavison quits due to chronic migraine". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 September...
to MPs and key figures. Guests have included new Conservative MPs DehennaDavison, Sarah Atherton and Jacob Young, as well as comedian and former Labour...
of Bishop Auckland is named after the town. It is currently held by DehennaDavison of the Conservative Party. The town is twinned with the French town...
the Three Tuns. The village also hosts the Etherley Cricket Club. DehennaDavison, the MP for Bishop Auckland. Low Etherley Ordnance Survey: Landranger...
and is described as "the holy grail to replace it." Conservative MP DehennaDavison resigns as a levelling up minister, saying "chronic migraines" have...
News and BBC News Channel combined". On 20 June, Nigel Farage and DehennaDavison joined GB News as contributors to host the Sunday morning political...
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26 February 2024. "Bishop Auckland Labour candidate speaks out as DehennaDavison MP plans to stand down". The Northern Echo. 25 November 2022. Retrieved...
matter with him during their weekly private audience. Conservative MP DehennaDavison resigns as a levelling up minister, saying "chronic migraines" have...
election. She is the second so-called red wall MP to do so, after DehennaDavison in Bishop Auckland. Gideon was previously married, she has two sons...
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parliamentary constituency, which as of 2019 is represented in parliament by DehennaDavison of The Conservative Party. All four Durham County Councillors whose...
News. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. "Conservative MPs DehennaDavison and Sir Gary Streeter to step down at next election". Sky News. Retrieved...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Preceded by Neil O'Brien Succeeded by DehennaDavison Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister In office 8 February...
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for calling for the advertising boycott. 20 June – Nigel Farage and DehennaDavison join GB News as contributors to host the Sunday morning political discussion...
October 2022 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up DehennaDavison MP September 2022 – present Parliamentary Under Secretary of State...
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