From 1999 to 2005, David Mundell served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region.
23 Facts About David Mundell
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David Mundell was first elected to the British House of Commons as the MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale in 2005 and served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2010 and Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2010 to 2015.
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David Mundell served in the Cabinet as Scotland Secretary from 2015 until 2019; the first Conservative to hold the position since Michael Forsyth in 1997.
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David Mundell attended Lockerbie Academy before reading Law at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a Diploma in Legal Practice.
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David Mundell practised as a solicitor before joining BT as Group Legal Advisor for Scotland in 1991.
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David Mundell became BT Scotland's Head of National Affairs, remaining with BT until being elected as an MSP.
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David Mundell served as an SDP Councillor on Annandale and Eskdale District Council from 1984 to 1986, representing Dryfe ward, and then for Mid Annandale ward on Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council until 1987, whilst still a postgraduate student.
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David Mundell is a member of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet and of the Law Society of Scotland.
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David Mundell was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and 2003 as a list MSP for the South of Scotland.
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David Mundell's seat was taken by Derek Brownlee, who was next on the Conservatives' South of Scotland candidate list.
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David Mundell was among the 18 MPs who supported the Commons Motion stating football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage", thereby endorsing the idea of Team GB entering a British football team in the London 2012 Olympics.
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David Mundell represented the Scottish Conservative Party at the three Scottish Leaders' Debates broadcast on ITV1, Sky News and BBC1 during the 2010 general election campaign.
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David Mundell retained his seat at the 2019 general election with a reduced majority.
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David Mundell held the non-cabinet role of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, since the office of Secretary of State for Scotland was given to Liberal Democrat MP Danny Alexander, in view of the Liberal Democrats' greater representation of Scottish seats.
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On 9 June 2010, David Mundell was appointed a Privy Counsellor.
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David Mundell succeeded Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael as Secretary of State for Scotland.
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David Mundell was the only Conservative MP to represent a Scottish constituency in the 56th parliament, but was joined by a further twelve in the 2017 snap general election.
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In 2015, David Mundell opened a food bank in the Dumfries and Galloway constituency, which adjoins his own and was at the time represented by the Scottish National Party's Richard Arkless.
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David Mundell, who had previously denied that welfare reform changes were behind the increased demand for food banks, was accused of hypocrisy by opponents who said the opening was "nothing to celebrate".
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David Mundell said he was willing to work with all local organisations who wanted to eradicate poverty.
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On 13 January 2016, David Mundell publicly came out as gay on his personal website; he is believed to be the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister.
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David Mundell was previously married to Lynda Carmichael but the couple have divorced.
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David Mundell has three children, one of whom, Oliver Mundell, is the Conservative MSP for Dumfriesshire, having won his seat in the Scottish Parliament in May 2016.