President of the Welsh Conservative Party since 2020, Lord Davies served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales from July to November 2024.

[7][8] Promoted detective chief inspector, Davies retired from the police force to become a consultant advising foreign governments on organised crime.

Created a Life Peer in 2019, Lord Davies served under PM Rishi Sunak in the Wales Office, as a Government Whip and latterly as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Transport.

Following the 2024 general election when no Conservative MPs were elected in Wales, Lord Davies was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak; this marks the first time that the position was held by a member of the House of Lords.

[17][18] In an op-ed, Lord Davies said that his number one task in the role would be to ensure the Welsh Conservatives are “fully prepared for our much-anticipated comeback over the coming months and years.” [19] Following an exercise involving engaging public opinion as to whether the Welsh Conservatives should support the abolition of devolution, Lord Davies criticised the Senedd Conservative Group leader Andrew RT Davies, saying: “On the issue of abolishing the Senedd, the Conservative Party has no plans to support a move towards this and I see any action to test public opinion on this as completely futile.” [20] One of the main reasons for his electoral defeat in 2017, Davies claimed, was a member of the public claiming in online platforms that he was “being investigated for electoral fraud”.