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In 2020, Davey [[snitch|snitched]] on other politicians, such as [[Nigel Farage]], for allegedly breaking lockdown rules during the [[Chinese Communist Party pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/07/04/lib-dem-leader-tries-and-fails-to-narc-on-nigel-farage-for-having-a-pint-in-a-pub/ Liberal Democrat Leader Reports Nigel Farage to Police for Having a Pint]</ref> Ed Davey spent the early days of his party's 2024 United Kingdom general election campaign by embarrassing himself in failed stunts such as failling off a paddleboard in the [[Lake District]]. Ed Davey is known for spreading a [[conspiracy theory]] in January 2025 which accused [[Elon Musk]] of interfering in UK democracy after the libertarian billionaire criticised the UK establishment for covering up [[grooming gangs]] (mainly operated by males of Pakistani origin) in British towns and cities.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1997443/elon-musk-ed-davey-snivelling-cretin Elon Musk rips into Ed Davey, savagely calling him a ‘snivelling cretin’]</ref>
In 2020, Davey [[snitch|snitched]] on other politicians, such as [[Nigel Farage]], for allegedly breaking lockdown rules during the [[Chinese Communist Party pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/07/04/lib-dem-leader-tries-and-fails-to-narc-on-nigel-farage-for-having-a-pint-in-a-pub/ Liberal Democrat Leader Reports Nigel Farage to Police for Having a Pint]</ref> Ed Davey spent the early days of his party's 2024 United Kingdom general election campaign by embarrassing himself in failed stunts such as failling off a paddleboard in the [[Lake District]]. Ed Davey is known for spreading a [[conspiracy theory]] in January 2025 which accused [[Elon Musk]] of interfering in UK democracy after the libertarian billionaire criticised the UK establishment for covering up [[grooming gangs]] (mainly operated by males of Pakistani origin) in British towns and cities.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1997443/elon-musk-ed-davey-snivelling-cretin Elon Musk rips into Ed Davey, savagely calling him a ‘snivelling cretin’]</ref>
==Career==
Ed Davey became the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Surrey constituency of Kingston and Surbiton in the 1997 United Kingdom general election, which was held on 1 May that year. He won a marginal victory (of just under 37%) against the Tory Richard Tracey, who had served as the MP for Surbiton (which was abolished at that election) since 1983.
Ed Davey was outseated in the 2015 UK general election, in which the Liberal Democrats lost 49 seats from 57 in 2010.
Davey re-gained his seat in the general election held on the 8 June 2017, with 44.7% of the vote.
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