Dehenna Davison is not what you picture when you imagine a Conservative MP. Female, 28, and from a council estate in Sheffield, she is one of the 2019 intake who demolished the “Red Wall” for Boris Johnson and now represents a seat – Bishop Auckland, in County Durham – that went Tory for the first time in its 134-year history.
So it’s no surprise that her office, located in the eaves of parliament, feels more like a student common room than an MP’s workplace. It’s bedecked with fairy lights, the walls covered in posters of dogs, cats and Taylor Swift. There’s a guitar in the corner, sci-fi memorabilia on the shelves, and a sign on the low sash window reading “DO NOT FALL OUT”.
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