Ed Davey
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Sir Edward Jonathan Davey is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2019. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Ch
Official portrait, 2024
Davey in 2008
Davey's portrait as Minister for Employment Relations, circa 2012
Davey as Energy Secretary (right) with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe, 2014
Liberal Democrats (UK)
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The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, is a political party in the United Kingdom. Ideologically adhering to liberalism, it was founded in 1988. The party is based at Liberal Democ
Ed Davey
…awarded a first class BA degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 1988. He was JCR President. In 1989, he became an economics researcher for the Liberal Democrats, principally to Alan Beith, the party's then-Treasury spokesman, whilst studying at Birkbeck College, London, for a master's degree (MSc) in economics…
Paddy Ashdown, leader from 1988 to 1999
Charles Kennedy, leader from 1999 to 2006
Nick Clegg, leader from 2007 to 2015 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2015
Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's Brexit co-ordinator, at the 2019 Liberal Democrats conference