Fourth Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies

Andrew RT Davies Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet of Wales
2021–
Date formed	27 May 2021
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Leader of the Opposition	Andrew RT Davies
Member party	Welsh Conservatives
Status in legislature	Official Opposition 16 / 60 (27%)
History
Legislature term(s)	6th Senedd
Predecessor	Third Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies

Andrew RT Davies became the Leader of the Opposition in Wales on the 24 January 2021 after the resignation of Paul Davies as leader the following day. After the 2021 Senedd election the Welsh Conservatives got a record 16 seats out of 60, and Andrew R. T. Davies remained in the post.^[1]

Background[edit]

Paul Davies was seen drinking with other politicians on the Senedd estate on 8 and 9 December 2020 that could have proven contrary to Welsh Government COVID alcohol ban that was brought in four days before. He apologised for his actions on the 19 January 2021 and the Conservative Group in the Senedd gave there unanimous support in a meeting on the 22 January for Paul Davies to stay as leader. The BBC reported that Paul Davies was considering stepping down in that meeting, and a report by the Senedd Commission said that it could be a possible breach of COVID rules.^[2] There was much uproar by grassroots supporters and senior members of the Welsh Conservatives of his actions^[3] and on 23 January Paul Davies stepped down with immediate effect.^[4]

There was a short discussion between Conservative Members of the Senedd the following day where they gave their unanimous support for Andrew R. T. Davies to become leader.^[5] He created a cabinet out of members left in the frontbench (Darren Miller, Nick Ramsey and Paul Davies had stepped down) on the same day. David Melding re-joined the cabinet after stepping down in September 2020 following disagreements with the parties Internal Market stance.^[6]

The Welsh Conservatives won 16 seats in the 2021 Senedd Election a record for the party. Davies said after the election that he would remain in post until the next election in 2026.^[1] He later formed his shadow cabinet on the 27 May 2021 with members that left the frontbench after the 'booze gate', Darren Miller and Paul Davies, re-entering the frontbench.^[7]

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Members[edit]

Conservative Shadow Cabinet (as of 27 May 2021)

Portfolio	Name			Constituency	Term
Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Welsh Conservatives			Andrew RT Davies MS	South Wales Central	2021–
Shadow Minister for Finance			Peter Fox MS	Monmouth	2021–
Shadow Minister for Health			Russell George MS	Montgomeryshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Economy			Paul Davies MS	Preseli Pembrokeshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Climate Change			Janet Finch-Saunders MS	Aberconwy	2021–
Shadow Minister for Education			Laura Anne Jones MS	South Wales East	2021–
Shadow Minister for Social Justice and Shadow Counsel General			Mark Isherwood MS	North Wales	2021–
Shadow Minister for the Constitution and North Wales, and Chief Whip			Darren Millar MS	Clwyd West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Equalities			Altaf Hussain MS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs and the Welsh Language			Samuel Kurtz MS	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Local Government			Sam Rowlands MS	North Wales	2021–
Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Mid Wales			James Evans MS	Brecon and Radnorshire	2021–
Shadow Minister for Transport and Technology			Natasha Asghar MS	South Wales East	2021–
Shadow Minister for Social Services			Gareth Davies MS	Vale of Clwyd	2021–
Shadow Minister for Culture Tourism and Sport			Tom Giffard MS	South Wales West	2021–
Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing			Joel James MS	South Wales Central	2021–

See also[edit]

• Drakeford government
• Members of the 6th Senedd

References[edit]