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He lost his seat in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], but regained it in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]]. He served as the [[Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson]] from 2017 to 2019. In July 2019, after the retirement of [[Vince Cable]], Davey unsuccessfully ran against Jo Swinson in a [[2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election|leadership election]]. He was later appointed [[Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson]] and [[2019 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election|elected unopposed]] as [[Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats]]. After Swinson lost her seat at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Davey, while remaining Deputy Leader, served as Acting Leader alongside the [[President of the Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat Presidents]] [[Sal Brinton|Baroness Brinton]] and [[Mark Pack]] from December 2019 to August 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jo Swinson quits as Lib Dem leader with Sir Ed Davey and Baroness Sal Brinton to take over |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sir-ed-davey-baroness-sal-brinton-acting-lib-dem-leaders-a4312616.html |website=[[Evening Standard]] |date=13 December 2019 |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213065101/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sir-ed-davey-baroness-sal-brinton-acting-lib-dem-leaders-a4312616.html |archive-date=13 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Ed Davey and Baroness Sal Brinton will become the joint acting leaders of the Liberal Democrats following Jo Swinson's election defeat, the party has said |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ed-davey-brinton-replace-jo-swinson-lib-dem-leader/ |publisher=[[LBC]] |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213103823/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ed-davey-brinton-replace-jo-swinson-lib-dem-leader/ |archive-date=13 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Davey stood in the [[2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election|2020 leadership election]], in which he defeated [[Layla Moran]] with 63.5% of the vote. In his leadership bid he said he would prioritise defeating the Conservatives and ruled out working with them following the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]. Under Davey's leadership, the Liberal Democrats have made gains in local elections alongside [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], with both parties making gains in the [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|2024 local elections]], where the Liberal Democrats finished second for the first time in a local election cycle since 2009. In the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] Davey led his party
==Early life and career==
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