Ruth Edwards

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Ruth Edwards
MP
Official portrait of Ruth Edwards MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for Rushcliffe
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byKenneth Clarke
Majority7,643 (12.6%)[1]
Personal details
Born (1984-05-11) 11 May 1984 (age 37)
Bristol, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Owen Edwards
​
(m. 2019)​
Alma materLondon School of Theology
University of Bristol

Ruth Rosamond Edwards (née Davis; born 11 May 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician.[2][3] She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe in the 2019 general election. Prior to her political career, she worked in cybersecurity policy.

Early life and career[]

Davis was born in Bristol as the daughter of Christopher Charles Davis and Nelly Davis. She attended Clifton High School,[4] before studying theology at the London School of Theology, where she gained a First Class BA in Theology.[5] She went on to complete a master's MSc degree in International Development and Security at the University of Bristol, achieving a Distinction.[3][6] After graduation, she worked as a parliamentary researcher for then Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Counter Terrorism Crispin Blunt. She then worked as a strategy consultant for Deloitte from 2010 to 2012.[7][3]

Davis subsequently worked as a specialist for the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2012 to 2013.[8] She then completed a crime and justice research fellowship at the think tank Policy Exchange in 2013.[9] She left Policy Exchange to become Head of Cyber, Justice and Emergency Services at the trade association TechUK, where she worked from 2013 to 2015.[10][11] After this, Davis worked as the head of commercial strategy and public policy for the telecommunications company BT from 2015 to 2019.[12][13][3]

Parliamentary career[]

Davis stood as the Conservative candidate for the Liberal Democrat-held Ceredigion seat at the 2017 general election, where she came fourth. The seat was gained by Plaid Cymru.[14]

Following her marriage, she became known as Ruth Edwards, and was selected as the candidate for Rushcliffe on 16 October 2019.[15] The seat had previously been represented by Father of the House, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke since 1970, who announced his retirement on 27 June.[16] Edwards was elected with a majority of 7,643 in the 2019 general election.[1] She has been a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee since March 2020.[17]

Outside of her parliamentary role, she is also an adviser to the HR payroll software company MHR, for which Mongoose Bridges, a company that she co-owns with her husband, receives £5,000 a month between May 2021 and May 2022.[18][19]

Personal life[]

She married Owen Edwards in July 2019. They met during her 2017 general election campaign, when he was the chairman of Ceredigion's Conservative Association.[15][20] Her recreations are listed in Who's Who as "scuba diving, horticulture, alpaca wrangling, tea and cake consumption, travel".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rushcliffe". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "No. 62862". The London Gazette. 20 December 2019. p. 23191.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Edwards, Ruth Rosamond, (born 11 May 1984), MP (C) Rushcliffe, since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u293990. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Former Clifton High School pupil voted MP for Rushcliffe". Friends of Clifton High. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ^ Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ Chamber, Max; Davis, Ruth; McLeod, Charlotte. "Power Down" (PDF). Policy Exchange. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  7. ^ Wallace, Mark (16 October 2019). "The finalists for tonight's candidate selection in Rushcliffe". ConservativeHome. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Drugs: Breaking the Cycle" (PDF). parliament.uk. 3 December 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  9. ^ Chambers, Max; McLeod, Charlotte; Davis, Ruth. "Future Courts" (PDF). Policy Exchange. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Pioneering Cyber Security Document Helps Secure Human Rights Abroad". TechUK. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Ruth Davis" (PDF). SMi. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Ruth Davis on Security Career and Mentoring". BT. 19 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  13. ^ Waugh, Rob (18 June 2019). "Why cybersecurity training is important for your business". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Ceredigion". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  15. ^ a b Toulson, Gemma (17 October 2019). "New Conservative parliamentary candidate for Rushcliffe selected to replace Ken Clarke". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  16. ^ Walker, Peter (27 June 2019). "Veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke: 'I'm minded to step down now'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Membership". parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  18. ^ "The Register of Members' Financial Interests As at 1 November 2021". UK Parliament. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  19. ^ Morgan-Bentley, Paul; Kenber, Billy (22 November 2021). "The politicians, their private firms and a key question over tax". The Times.(subscription required)
  20. ^ Wallace, Mark (17 October 2019). "Edwards selected for Rushcliffe". ConservativeHome. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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