What is David Mundell?
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon David Mundell MP crop 2.jpg|thumb|David Mundell]] '''David Gordon Mundell''' (born May 27, 1962) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]] and is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for [[Scotland]]. He is the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament]] for the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale [[constituency]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Currently, he is the only Conservative Party MP who represents a Scottish constituency. In July 2016, Mundell became the [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]. David Mundell was born in [[Dumfries]], Scotland and was educated at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. In 1999 and 2003, he was elected as a Member of the [[Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the South of Scotland region however resigned as an MSP following the 2005 General Election when he was [[wikt:elect|elected]] as an MP. From December 2005 to the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 General Election]], he was the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. After the 2010 election, a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was formed and because the [[Liberal Democrats]] have more Scottish MP's than the Conservatives, a Liberal Democrat was given the post of Scottish secretary. On 13 January 2016, Mundell came out as gay on his personal website.<ref name=Mun>{{cite news|url=http://www.davidmundell.com/news/new-year-new-start|title=New Year, New Start|work=Davidmundell.com|author=David Mundell|date=13 January 2016|accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35301898|title=Scottish secretary David Mundell comes out as gay|publisher=BBC News|date=13 January 2016|accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> He was previously married to Lynda Carmichael but the couple have divorced. He has three children, one of whom, Oliver Mundell, is a Conservative candidate for the Scottish Parliament in May 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Simon|last2=Dominiczak|first2=Peter|last3=Wilkin