COUNTY Durham MP Dehenna Davison has said she is “overwhelmed by the outpouring of love” after publicly saying she is bisexual.
The Bishop Auckland MP said her sexuality is not a big deal and “just part of who I am”.
The 28-year-old was elected to represent Bishop Auckland in 2019, the first Conservative to hold the post since the constituency’s creation in 1885, as Boris Johnson secured a majority in Westminster.
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In an interview due to be broadcast on GB News today, Ms Davison said: “If anyone were to explicitly ask me, I certainly wouldn’t try and hide it because I don’t think it’s anything to be ashamed of.
“The reason I haven’t done a kind of ‘By the way, guys’ is because I don’t want being bi to be considered a big deal.
“If I did a very public kind of coming out parade, that would be me saying there’s something really unusual about this and trying to make a big deal of it when to me it’s not.
"It’s just part of who I am.”
In the interview, previewed in The Daily Telegraph, Ms Davison spoke of how she is in the process of divorcing her husband and is in a new relationship.
She added: “It’s going really well, and I’m very excited about it. But we’ll see, the future is a very exciting place.”
In 2018, Miss Davison appeared in the Channel 4 programme Bride And Prejudice, which showed the then 24-year-old marrying John Fareham, a Conservative councillor who is 35 years her senior.
In a tweet on Sunday evening, she said she had been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and thanked everyone who was supporting her.
Really overwhelmed by the outpouring of love this evening. Thank you so much for your support. 💖💜💙
— Dehenna Davison MP (@DehennaDavison) October 10, 2021
Conservative colleagues were among those offering their support to Miss Davison, with Peterborough MP Paul Bristow tweeting “Good for @DehennaDavison. Spot on. It’s not a big deal but by saying this – in a wide ranging interview – will undoubtedly still help others.”
The LGBT+ Conservatives Twitter account wrote: “We’re so proud of our friend @DehennaDavison!
“We welcome her to our community with open arms and are so excited to continue working with her as she enters this new chapter in her life.”
Such a pleasure to chat to @DehennaDavison. You can watch the full interview on @GBNews on my lunchtime show tomorrow.
— Gloria De Piero (@GloriaDePiero) October 10, 2021
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