Wayne David

Wayne David MP (born 1 July 1957) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.

Wayne David
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa
In office
9 April 2020 – 4 December 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byFabian Hamilton
Succeeded byBambos Charalambous
Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces
In office
10 October 2016 – 16 January 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKate Hollern
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement
In office
10 October 2016 – 16 January 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Shadow Minister for Europe
In office
11 October 2010 – 7 October 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byMark Francois
Succeeded byEmma Reynolds
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Succeeded byDavid Jones
Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party
In office
1994–1998
UK LeaderTony Blair
Preceded byPauline Green
Succeeded byAlan Donnelly
Member of Parliament
for Caerphilly
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded byRon Davies
Majority6,833 (17.0%)
Member of the European Parliament
for South Wales Central
South Wales (1989–94)
In office
15 June 1989 – 10 June 1999
Preceded byWin Griffiths
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1957-07-01) 1 July 1957
Bridgend, Wales
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
Alma materCardiff University
Swansea University
WebsiteOfficial website

David served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office from 2008 to 2010. He was appointed Shadow Europe Minister in 2010, Shadow Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform in 2011 and as Ed Miliband's Parliamentary Private Secretary in October 2013.

Early life and education

David was born in Bridgend, the son of a teacher and grandson of a coal miner. He grew up in the local village of Cefn Cribwr and later attended Cynffig Comprehensive School before attending University College, Cardiff, where he was awarded a BA in History and Welsh History in 1979. After studying Economic History at University College, Swansea, he returned to Cardiff and qualified as a teacher in 1983 with a PGCE from University College Cardiff. He was awarded the Charles Morgan Prize for Welsh history in 1979.

Professional career

David taught history at the Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend from 1983 to 1985, when he left to work for the Workers' Educational Association.

He became the chairman of War on Want Cymru in 1987, stepping aside in 1989. He joined the United Nations Association's Cardiff branch in 1989.

Political career

David was an elected representative on the Welsh Executive of the Labour Party from 1981 to 1982 and 1986 to 1989. He was served as a councillor to the Cefn Cribwr Community Council in 1985, and was its chairman from 1986 until 1990. He was a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee from 1994 to 1998.

European Parliament

David was elected as Member of the European Parliament for South Wales in 1989, and re-elected to South Wales Central in 1994 following constituency boundary changes. He served as Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998, and was previously treasurer of the group from 1989 to 1991.

He stood down to contest the Rhondda in the first National Assembly for Wales elections in 1999. David lost to the Plaid Cymru candidate by over 2,000 votes.

UK Parliament

David was elected to the Westminster Parliament at the 2001 general election for Labour's safe seat of Caerphilly, following the departure of the former Secretary of State for Wales Ron Davies. He made his maiden speech on 17 June 2001, in which he called for a new hospital in his constituency.[2]

David has been a member of the European Scutiny, Standards and Privileges and Welsh Affairs Select Committees.

In 2005, he was appointed as the Team Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and then subsequently to the then Minister of State Adam Ingram. He resigned from this position on 6 September 2006, due to the refusal by Tony Blair to name a date for stepping down as Prime Minister, along with a number of others.

When Gordon Brown succeeded Blair as Prime Minister, Wayne David was promoted to the Government as an Assistant Government Whip to the Wales Office and Department for Work and Pensions. Following Gordon Brown's government reshuffle in October 2008, David was moved to be a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office. He held this position until Labour left office in May 2010.

With Labour in Opposition, he was Shadow Wales Office Minister between May and October 2010 when he was appointed as Shadow Europe Minister, following Ed Miliband's victory in the Labour leadership election. Wayne David was Shadow Europe Minister until he became Shadow Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform in October 2011. He then became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Miliband.

He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.[3]

Wayne was Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa from April 2020 until December 2021, when he stood down from the frontbench.[4]

Personal life

David was married to Catherine Thomas, a former Member of the Welsh Assembly, from 1991 until their divorce in 2007. He married Jayne Edwards in 2016.[5]

Publications
  • Building on Maastricht: A Left Agenda for Europe by Wayne David, 1993, Tribune Group of Euro MPs
  • Going Forward in Europe by Wayne David, 1994
  • Contributor to The Future of Europe: Problems and Issues for the Twenty-First Century by Wayne David, 1996, St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-333-66600-3
  • Remaining True: A biography of Ness Edwards by Wayne David, Foreword by Neil Kinnock, 2006, Published by the Caerphilly Local History Society, ISBN 0-9542782-1-6

References
  1. "Wayne David MP marries Jayne Edwards". Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 27 Jun 2001 (Pt 23)". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. David, Wayne (4 December 2021). "After a number of years on the @UKLabour Front Bench, I have decided to return to the back benches". Twitter.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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