Wayne David

Wayne David
MP
Wayne David MP
	Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Huw Irranca-Davies
Succeeded by	David Jones
Member of Parliament; for Caerphilly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Ron Davies
Majority	6,833 (17.0%)
2023–present;; 2020–2021
Shadow portfolios
2023–present;; 2020–2021	Middle East and North Africa
2016–2020	Armed Forces and Defence Procurement
2015–2016	Scotland
2015–2016	Youth Justice
2015–2016;; 2011–2013	Political and Constitutional Reform
2010–2011	Europe
2010–2010	Wales
Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party
	In office; 1994–1998
UK Party Leader	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Pauline Green
Succeeded by	Alan Donnelly
Member of the European Parliament; for South Wales Central; South Wales (1989–94)
	In office; 15 June 1989 – 10 June 1999
Preceded by	Win Griffiths
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	1 July 1957; Bridgend, Wales
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Catherine Thomas (m. 1991; div. 2007); Jayne Edwards (m. 2016);
Alma mater	University College, Cardiff (BA, PGCE); University College, Swansea
Website	waynedavid.co.uk

Wayne David MP (born 1 July 1957) is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998. As a Member of the European Parliament, he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.

David served in government as an Assistant Whip from 2007 to 2008 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales from 2008 to 2010. He was a Shadow Minister under every Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2021, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Miliband during his tenure in the role. He was ranked as the best MP in the United Kingdom by constituents in Change.org's People-Power Index in 2019.

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