Constituency : Cambridge 2005-10
David took Cambridge from Labour at the third attempt with a huge swing.
David was born in Bloxworth. He was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School and Cambridge. He won a Fellowship to study at Yale then returned to an academic career at Cambridge in the Department of Politics and International Studies. He became a councillor in 1987. He first stood for Cambridge in 1992 succeeding Shirley Williams as candidate. The Liberal Democrats slipped to third as Labour took the seat from the Tories. He failed to be selected in 1997 coming a distant third at Peterborough instead. In 2000 he became leader of the council and a year later overtook the Tories for second place in Cambridge. He resigned as council leader in 2003 to concentrate on winning the seat.
David's forensic skills were used on legislation during his term. He was also successively shadow minister for Local Government, Energy, the Solicitor-General and Justice. He was praised for claiming very little in expenses.
David decided parliamentary life was not prefertable to academia and returned to his old job after one term. He served on the Electoral Commission from 2010 to 2018. He became a professor in 2015. He worked with journalist Mark Pack on a new strategy document for the party following the electoral disaster of 2015.
David has published works on Tort and the legal system in general as well as various articles.
He is now 60.
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