David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar

David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar, (born 19 July 1968) is a British politician, barrister and life peer who has been Shadow Attorney General since November 2024 and is a member of the Welsh Conservatives. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from December 2020 to April 2022, when he resigned from the post after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and others were found to have broken COVID-related laws by attending parties.

Early life and career Born in Liverpool on 19 July 1968, Wolfson's great grandparents lived in Tredegar, Wales. Wolfson himself was educated in King David High School, Liverpool, and then spent a year at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem. He read Oriental studies and law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1991.

Career outside politics Wolfson practised in commercial law at One Essex Court in Temple, London.

On 13 April 2022 Wolfson resigned from the government over Partygate after Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were fined. Wolfson stated the "scale, context and nature" of Government COVID breaches were "inconsistent with the rule of law". Wolfson claimed it would be wrong for "that conduct to pass with constitutional impunity, especially when many in society complied with the rules at great personal cost, and others were fined or prosecuted for similar, and sometimes apparently more trivial, offences." He maintained he had "no option" except resignation due to his "ministerial and professional obligations" in this field.

On 6 November 2024 Wolfson was appointed Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales by Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch. On 30 December 2025, Wolfson was criticized for acting as a lawyer for sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich by Justice Minister Jake Richards.

Personal life Wolfson is a practising Orthodox Jew. He married Louise in 1995, who is a former partner at Allen & Overy and currently runs a legal consultancy and occasionally sits as a tribunal judge. Together they have three children, Sam, Zara, and Abi.

When asked why he chose the Welsh town of Tredegar to appear in his title he said: "I thought it quite right to recognise the welcome which by and large these immigrants [my great grandparents] received [in Tredegar]."