Sir David Michael Davis is a British Conservative Party politician who has represented constituencies in Yorkshire since first entering Parliament in 1987 for Boothferry. He currently serves as Member of Parliament for Goole and Pocklington, having previously represented Haltemprice and Howden. Raised on a council estate in Tooting and educated at Bec School before earning an MBA from London Business School, Davis worked for Tate and Lyle before his parliamentary career. He served as Minister of State for Europe from 1994 to 1997 under Prime Minister John Major and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1997.

Davis held the position of Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 under both Michael Howard and David Cameron, following earlier roles as Conservative Party Chairman and Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He contested the Conservative leadership in 2001 and 2005, finishing fourth and second respectively. In 2008, he resigned his seat to force a by-election focused on civil liberties concerns, which he subsequently won. Most notably, Davis served as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018 following the Brexit referendum. He writes commentary for Comment Central.