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David Duguid | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 20 September 2022 –27 October 2022 Servingwith The Lord Offord of Garvel | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Iain Stewart |
Succeeded by | John Lamont |
In office 2 June 2020 –16 September 2021 Servingwith Iain Stewart | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Douglas Ross |
Succeeded by | The Lord Offord of Garvel |
Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan | |
Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Eilidh Whiteford |
Majority | 4,118 (9.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Turriff,Aberdeenshire,Scotland | 8 October 1970
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Robert Gordon University |
Website | www.davidduguid.com |
David James Duguid [1] (born 8 October 1970) [2] is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) [3] for Banff and Buchan [4] since June 2017. [5] Duguid's victory marked the end of 30 years of Scottish National Party (SNP) representation in the seat.
Duguid served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from September to October 2022. [6] He previously served in this role from June 2020 to September 2021. [7]
He was educated at Banff Academy [8] and Robert Gordon University,where he studied chemistry. Before entering politics,Duguid worked as an engineer for BP and as a project manager for Hitachi Consulting.
Duguid was first elected in 2017,beating the incumbent,Eilidh Whiteford by over 2,000 votes. [9] His win saw the largest overturned majority of the election night in the UK.[ citation needed ] He was re-elected with an increased majority and over 50% of the vote in the December 2019 election. [10]
In June 2020,Duguid accepted a position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and a Government whip,succeeding Douglas Ross.
Duguid left the government in September 2021 and was appointed Fisheries Envoy. [11] [12]
Duguid and Alister Jack were the only two Scottish Conservative MPs (out of six) who voted in support of Boris Johnson in the June 2022 confidence vote. [13] Duguid later resigned as Trade Envoy on 6 July 2022.[ citation needed ]
He was made a Scotland Office Minister under Liz Truss,whose campaign for leadership of the Tory party he had supported,but was removed from this post after her resignation after a few weeks. [14]
Duguid has been accused of concealing a conflict of interest by repeatedly opposing a windfall tax on fossil fuel companies when his wife is a significant shareholder in BP. [15]
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