Preceded by Gemma Doyle Nationality Scottish Majority 14,171 (27.7%) Name Martin Docherty | Constituency Anderston/City Role Scottish Politician Constituency Mountblow Party Scottish National Party | |
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Succeeded by Replaced by West Dunbartonshire Council Born 21 January 1971 (age 53)
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland ( 1971-01-21 ) Education Glasgow School of Art, University of Essex Profiles | ||
Interview with Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP of Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal
Martin John Docherty-Hughes MP (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dunbartonshire since May 2015. He defeated incumbent Gemma Doyle, winning 30,198 votes and 59.0%.
Contents
- Interview with Martin Docherty Hughes MP of Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal
- Early life and education
- Political career
- References
Early life and education
Docherty-Hughes was raised by his parents in Clydebank, and began working from the age of 16. He studied at the Glasgow College of Food Technology, now City of Glasgow College, graduating with an HND in Business Administration in 1997. He subsequently obtained a degree in Politics from the University of Essex and attended the Glasgow School of Art for his master's degree. On finishing his studies Martin returned to Clydebank and worked for a decade for the West Dunbartonshire Community and Volunteering Services (WDCVS).
Political career
He joined the SNP in 1991, and was elected one year later as Scotland's youngest councillor to the-then Clydebank District Council on May 1992, at the age of 21, until 31 March 1996. He was elected to the third seat of the Anderston/City ward of the Glasgow City Council on 3 May 2012 polling 1,057 votes and 19.9% and exceeding the quota on the second count, becoming a Bailie until 14 May 2015.
In February 2015 he was selected as the SNP candidate for the West Dunbartonshire constituency in the 2015 UK general election. He defeated the incumbent Gemma Doyle. As a consequence of him becoming an MP, he stepped down from his position on Glasgow City Council.