Editing Ed Davey (section)

===2015 general election===
At the 2015 general election, Davey was defeated by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate [[James Berry (barrister)|James Berry]] by 2,834 votes after the Liberal Democrat vote fell by more than 15 per cent in Kingston and Surbiton. This made him the first cabinet minister to lose their seat since [[Portillo moment|Michael Portillo in 1997]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mikey |last2=Beament |first2=Emily |date=8 May 2015 |title=Ed Davey becomes first cabinet minister to lose seat since 1997 |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ed-davey-becomes-first-cabinet-5657705 |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Daily Mirror |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313173451/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ed-davey-becomes-first-cabinet-5657705 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Davey later told reporters he was "obviously disappointed" with his defeat, but said it had not been a total shock. "We knew it would be close – we had it written on our leaflets. But I don't think the voters did", he said. "When I was out canvassing today I had a man said to me: 'You'll be fine, Ed'. I wish I had a vote for all the people who told me I would be fine. The party is clearly paying some price for going into coalition with the Conservatives. We put the national interest above the party interest which was the right thing to do at the time. I have no regrets on that. I think we are seeing a national thing here. We have had a very bad night nationally."<ref>{{cite news |last=Edmonds |first=Lizzie |date=8 May 2015 |title=Kingston and Surbiton election result: Lib Dem Ed Davey loses seat to |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/kingston-and-surbiton-election-result-lib-dem-ed-davey-loses-seat-to-conservatives-10234450.html |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=Evening Standard |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518114029/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/kingston-and-surbiton-election-result-lib-dem-ed-davey-loses-seat-to-conservatives-10234450.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the end of 2015, he accepted a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] for 'political and public service' which was announced in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] list.<ref name=LG301215/>