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His father John (1932–1970), a solicitor, died when Davey was four years old in Mansfield General Hospital after a three-month illness.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Wednesday 18 March 1970, page 13</ref> His mother, Nina Davey (née Stanbrook), died 11 years later, after which he was brought up by his maternal grandparents, from [[Eakring]].<ref name="LibDem-EdwardDavey">{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-edward-davey.html |title=Liberal Democrats: Edward Davey MP, Kingston & Surbiton |publisher=Liberal Democrats |access-date=4 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926070428/http://www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/mr-edward-davey.html |archive-date=26 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Davey was in both the 90th Nottingham scout group<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Saturday 20 November 1976, page 18</ref> and the 17th Nottingham [[Air Scouts (The Scout Association)|Air Scout]] group.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Saturday 15 July 1978, page 6</ref> He sang in the local church choir, St John's.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Monday 1 August 1977, page 16</ref> Like his his two brothers, Davey received the Duke of Edinburgh gold award, meeting Prince Philip on 2 March 1984 when the Prince visited his school, the private [[Nottingham High School]], where Davey was head boy.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Saturday 3 March 1984 page 5</ref> He took A-levels in German, French and History.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Wednesday 5 September 1984, page 13</ref> One of his two brothers attended [[Trent Polytechnic]], becoming a solicitor.<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'' Monday 16 September 1985, page 10</ref>
 
After leaving school, Davey attended [[Jesus College, Oxford]],<ref name="GuardianUnlimited-EdwardDavey">{{cite news |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/biography/0,,-1276,00.html |title=Guardian Unlimited Politics |work=The Guardian |access-date=4 September 2006 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116233239/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/biography/0,,-1276,00.html |archive-date=16 January 2005}}</ref> where he was awarded a first class [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] degree in [[Philosophy, politics and economics]] in 1988.<ref name="LibDem-EdwardDavey" /> He was [[Junior Common Room|JCR President]].<ref name="LibDem-EdwardDavey" />
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