Ed Davey MP
We’ve fact checked Ed Davey four times. We’ve asked him to correct the record once. Join others in his constituency of Kingston and Surbiton to ask him to stand up for honesty in public life.
Your trust should be earned. Any MP making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
When politicians fall short, we can demand better. Join us and take action for higher standards in public life now.
We’ve fact checked Ed Davey four times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by politicians on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by every politician, so this list isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t accurate to use these examples to draw comparisons about the overall behaviour of individual MPs or political parties.
BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special: fact checked
Mr Davey said that there are “hundreds of thousands of children waiting to get care, to get counselling, to get therapy”.
Ed Davey, 20 June 2024
The Liberal Democrats, SNP and Plaid Cymru all pledge to immediately restore the overseas aid target
We Liberal Democrats increased the UK’s overseas aid to 0.7 percent of national income, and fought to enshrine that global promise into law [...] we will restore it. We are the only party committed to restoring it.
Ed Davey, 19 March 2023
Ed Davey left out important context about energy bills
Let’s remember that [the government’s] plan would still see energy bills rising by another £500 this October
Ed Davey, 22 September 2022
We’ve asked Ed Davey to correct the record once
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Ed Davey about one of his claims. He has yet to correct the record.
Ed Davey made an incorrect claim about the Liberal Democrats being the only party to immediately restore the overseas aid target on 19 March 2023
Together we can demand higher standards in public life
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