Editing Ed Davey (section)

===Return to Parliament===
[[File:Official portrait of Sir Edward Davey crop 2.jpg|thumb|MP portrait, 2017]]
Davey regained Kingston and Surbiton for the Liberal Democrats at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], with a majority of 4,124 votes over Berry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000770 |title=Kingston & Surbiton parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925233752/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000770 |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Upon his return to Parliament, Davey was considered a possible candidate for the [[2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election|2017 Liberal Democrat leadership election]] following the resignation of [[Tim Farron]]. However, he ruled out standing over family concerns, but called on the Liberal Democrats to be "the party of reform" and "super-ambitious – just like [[Radical centrism|radical centrists]] in Canada, France and the Netherlands".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/27/ed-davey-rules-out-standing-for-lib-dem-leadership|title=Ed Davey rules out standing for Lib Dem leadership|last=Elgot|first=Jessica|date=27 June 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 November 2017|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131457/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/27/ed-davey-rules-out-standing-for-lib-dem-leadership|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Davey was then the [[Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson]], having previously served as [[Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson]] from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libdems.org.uk/ed_davey|title=Ed Davey|date=27 April 2017|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131254/https://www.libdems.org.uk/ed_davey|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>