New Tory MP took part in ‘Bride and Prejudice’ documentary about her age gap love

One of the new Tory MPs elected is already used to the cameras, having taken part in a documentary about marrying a man more than three decades older than her.

Dehenna Davison MP, 26, made headlines in 2015 when she announced she was marrying Cllr John Fareham, who is 35 years her senior.

She appeared on a Channel 4 show called ‘Bride and Prejudice’ last year, in which she tried to convince her grandfather, who was just eight years older than the groom, to accept her unconventional love story.

The couple met while Ms Davison was studying politics at the University of Hull, when Cllr Fareham was 59, and their romance blossomed when they were out campaigning in Hull North, where she stood as a candidate in 2015.

They were brought closer together after being confronted by an angry voter, they said.

Cllr Fareham popped the question in September 2015, and she said in the show: ‘Age doesn’t matter if two people really care about each other.’

He said at the time: ‘I had asked her before, but she told me to ask her properly.

‘At my age, going down on one knee was going to be a bit tricky. It wasn’t the going down, it was the getting back up again.’

Ms Davison joined the Tory party when she was just 15, and spent a year working as a Parliamentary aide for Jacob Rees-Mogg.

In her acceptance speech, she said: ‘The honour of being an MP is also a chance to shape a better Britain.

‘This election is not about maintaining the status quo. It has been a vote for change to transform and unite our nation.’

She was elected in the former opposition stronghold of Bishop Auckland, which had been Labour since 1935.

After winning, she paid an emotional tribute to her late father, who was killed by a single blow to the head when she was 13.

The Mirror reported Ms Davison said she was motivated by her dad Dominic’s memory, and the tragedy inspired her to make a difference.

She said: ‘It gave me a very clear sense of injustice I grew up overnight, literally overnight.’

I did it for them. ????

Mum, thank you for always supporting me, whatever life has thrown at you.

Dad, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a Davison.

Nannan, thank you for inspiring me to be the best version of myself.#ToryGain #Best4Bishop pic.twitter.com/IAKu6SL8PP

— Dehenna #GetBrexitDone Davison (@DehennaDavison) December 13, 2019

His alleged attacker was found not guilty of murder, and by the age of 16, Ms Davison was representing her family at a criminal injuries compensation tribunal.

In an emotional Twitter post after the election, she posted a picture of her parents and grandmother, writing: ‘I did it for them.

‘Mum, thank you for always supporting me, whatever life has thrown at you.

‘Dad, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a Davison.

‘Nannan, thank you for inspiring me to be the best version of myself.