Braden Davy

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Braden Davy (born 19 February 1995) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was elected to Angus Council in May 2017.^[1]

Personal and work life[]

Davy was born in Bishop Auckland and was educated at Hirst High School, Ashington and Durham University where he received a certificate in Economics. Davy became involved in youth politics whilst at high school.^[2] In 2011, Davy was part of a campaign encouraging residents of Northumbria to list their nationality as Northumbrian on their census returns.^[3]

Davy moved to Aberdeen in 2012 taking a management position with McDonald's before working as a Parliamentary Assistant to Labour MP for Aberdeen South Dame Anne Begg.^[4]

In 2015 Davy joined the Royal Naval Reserves and currently serves as a Sub-lieutenant,^[5] while studying for an M.Sc. in economics at the University of Edinburgh.

Davy was an assistant director of the Scottish Vote Leave campaign during the EU membership referendum.^[6]

In 2016 Davy left the Scottish Labour Party and joined the Scottish Conservatives citing Labour's "Patronising" attitude to Leave voters and "weak stance" on independence.^[7][8] Shortly after his defection from Labour, Davy started work as a Parliamentary Assistant to Ross Thomson, who at that time was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the North East Scotland Region, and went on to become his Office Manager. Later that year, Thomson was forced to repay an expenses claim for a hotel room which he and Davy had shared in Edinburgh.^[9]

Davy is currently employed as a Communications Manager for Liam Kerr MSP.^[10] Davy previously worked for Bill Bowman MSP as Senior Caseworker, as a Research Assistant in the Economics Department at Dundee University where he studied economics with Spanish and Chinese and worked as a barman for Dundee University Students Association.^{[citation needed]}

He is a member of the Electoral Reform Society.^[11]

In 2021, Davy was embroiled in yet another controversy when a number of newspapers unmasked him as an online anti-SNP troll. He was accused of using anonymous accounts on Facebook to spread malicious content about political opponents.^[12] Davy was roundly criticised by anti-bullying campaigners and faced the prospect of a police probe into his conduct.^[13] He subsequently resigned from the ruling administration at Angus Council ^[14]

Political career[]

Davy first stood as a Scottish Labour Party candidate in the 2012 Aberdeenshire Council election coming fourth in the First-preference votes in the Mid-Formartine ward. He stood again for Labour in the 2015 United Kingdom general election taking on Alex Salmond in the Gordon constituency, and again came fourth in the poll.

Standing as a Scottish Conservative candidate, Davy was elected to Angus Council in the 2017 Scottish local elections topping the First-preference votes in the Forfar & District ward.^[15]

In 2019, Davy was selected as the Scottish Conservative candidate for Angus North and Mearns in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.^[16]

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