David Mundell

The Right Honourable
David Mundell
WS MP
The Right Honourable David Mundell WS MP
	Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for Scotland
	In office; 11 May 2015 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May
Preceded by	Alistair Carmichael
Succeeded by	Alister Jack
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
	In office; 14 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Ann McKechin
Succeeded by	The Lord Dunlop
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
	In office; 7 December 2005 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Eleanor Laing
Succeeded by	Jim Murphy
Member of Parliament; for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	3,781 (7.7%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament; for South of Scotland; (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
	In office; 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Derek Brownlee
Personal details
Born	David Gordon Mundell; 27 May 1962; Dumfries, Scotland
Political party	Conservative (1976–81, 1988–present); SDP (1981–88);
Spouse	Lynda Carmichael (m. 1987; div. 2012)
Children	3, including Oliver
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Strathclyde;
Website	davidmundell.com

David Gordon Mundell, WS (born 27 May 1962) is a Scottish politician and solicitor who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005. Mundell was the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister, formally coming out in 2016.

From 1999 to 2005, Mundell served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region. He 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. He 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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