Andrew Robert Tudor Davies CBE (born 1968) is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of the Senedd for the South Wales Central region since 2007.

[29] In February 2014, Davies removed four ministers; Nick Ramsay, Antoinette Sandbach, Mohammad Asghar and Janet Finch-Saunders, from his cabinet over a vote on tax-varying powers for the Welsh Assembly.

[34] The piece stated the office was located in a "wooden cabin 50 yards beyond a vehicle security barrier on a rural farm estate".

[34] In a freedom of information response by the Assembly Commission,[34] the address of the office was confirmed as Penllyn Estate, Llwynhelig, Cowbridge CF71 7FF,[34] a 1,200-acre mixed farm operation.

They continued stating that "Andrew regularly hosts constituents and organisations at his office and if he knew a Western Mail journalist had intended to visit he would’ve been there to welcome him with the kettle on".

[35] Secretary of State Alun Cairns described Airbus' comments as a "wake-up call" for "one of the jewels in the crown of UK manufacturing".

[40] A source close to Davies described the events at the time as "the revenge of Tory Remainers who can’t forgive him for going against Cameron and campaigning for a Leave vote in the Brexit referendum.

[41] In the role RT Davies led criticism of Natural Resources Wales in November 2018, particularly around their selling of timber on a closed rather than open market.

[42] Plaid agriculture spokesman Llyr Gruffydd however stated the issues faced by NRW were down to the 35% real terms cut in their budget and the organisation being under resourced.

[46] Following the storming of the United States Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on 6 January 2021, Davies was criticised for comparing the riot to other British politicians' opposition to Brexit.

[49] This ceased to be the Shadow Cabinet on 29 March 2021, after Nick Ramsay left the Welsh Conservatives to contest the 2021 Senedd election as an independent.

He wrote: "This is what's in store for us in the Senedd over the next five years: listening to Labour ministers regurgitate historically ignorant, politically extreme ideas and a demonstrably poor understanding of sovereignty in Britain as they call for a federalist system that will only serve to worsen, not solve, the issues present in Wales.

[57] He also opposed the continued tenure of Vaughan Gething as First Minister,[58] and called for further investigation and publication of evidence with regard to the firing of Hannah Blythyn.

[66] However, his false allegations were promoted by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and gained large social media attention during early stages of the 2024 United Kingdom riots.

[64][67] Davies' initial article and letter were described as "ham-fisted attempts at dog-whistle racism" and "Islamophobic race-baiting" by the Muslim Council of Wales.

The Senedd Standards Committee found his tweet to be "a blatant lie", but did not say that any further action in relation to the breach of the Code of Conduct was warranted.

[57][72] In November 2024, he faced similar criticism for his allegation that the Wales Anti-racism action plan contained a call for "dog-free areas" in the Welsh Countryside, based on an article in the Daily Mail which made the same claim.

Climate Cymru Ethnic Minorities - who were responsible for the portion of the report the line was included described it as being “out of context, misrepresented and used as clickbait to drive engagement.”[74] Climate Cymru Ethnic Minorities asked Davies to remove his tweet about the matter on this basis, and he refused, stating he "[made] no apologies for opposing labour's divisive “Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan”.

[90] In the run-up to the UK's invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, Davies claimed that the Welsh Government should be denied the right to be part of Brexit negotiations on devolved areas.

[91] Despite his firm anti-EU stance, Davies' family firm TJ Davies and Sons had accepted a total of £96,808.89 in EU subsidies over the period 16 October 2013 to 15 October 2014 alone, including £70,930.63 allocated under the Single Area payment scheme, £24,099.86 in agro-environmental payments, and £1,728.40 from the first Afforestation of Agricultural Land scheme.

"[93] In September 2019, Davies criticised proposals by the Liberal Democrats, Labour, and other parties which would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension to Article 50 if it prevented a no deal exit from the European Union.

[96] In 2024, he polled attendees of the Vale of Glamorgan County show on whether the Senedd should be abolished, prompting criticism from members of his own party.