Ruth Davidson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ruth Davidson

British politician

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1978

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Ruth Davidson

  • Ruth Elizabeth Davidson (born 10 November 1978) is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019, and has served as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2016.After graduating from Edinburgh University she worked as a BBC journalist.
  • She also served in the Territorial Army as a signaller.
  • After leaving the BBC in 2009 to study at Glasgow University, Davidson joined the Conservative Party.
  • She was the party's candidate in the Glasgow North East constituency at a 2009 by-election and at the 2010 general election, finishing respectively in third and fourth place, on each occasion with approximately 5% of the voters. At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Davidson stood in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency, where she finished fourth, and on the Glasgow regional list, from which she was elected.
  • Following party leader Annabel Goldie's resignation in May 2011, Davidson stood in the subsequent leadership election.
  • She won the contest and was declared party leader on 4 November 2011.
  • In 2016, the Conservatives replaced the Labour Party as the second-largest party in the Scottish Parliament.
  • As Scottish Conservative Leader, Davidson was considered by some to be a potential candidate for leadership of the British Conservative Party, though she ruled herself out of running for the position.
  • Post resignation, Davidson praised Amber Rudd's decision to leave the cabinet over the "act of political vandalism”.
  • She also criticized Boris Johnson for suspending 21 conservative leaders and said he was doing so to make sure that the moderates in his cabinet were replaced by “more compliant Conservatives”.

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