David Duguid
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byIain Stewart
Succeeded byJohn Lamont
In office
2 June 2020 – 16 September 2021
Serving with Iain Stewart
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDouglas Ross
Succeeded byThe Lord Offord of Garvel
Member of Parliament
for Banff and Buchan
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byEilidh Whiteford
Majority4,118 (9.7%)
Personal details
Born (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970
Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Political partyConservative
Alma materRobert Gordon University
Websitewww.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]

Background

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.

Political career

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. 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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 27885". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 1076.
  2. ↑ "Duguid, David". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "David Duguid takes Banff and Buchan for Conservatives". Banffshire Journal. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "David Duguid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Banff and Buchan: Meet your MP". Press and Journal. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Kuc, Morag (3 May 2017). "Tory candidate signs pledge to exit EU and CFP". Buchan Observer. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Harvey, Malcolm. "Scots are not becoming more conservative: three factors behind the Tory 'revival' in North East Scotland". London School of Economics. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Robertson, Kirsten (13 December 2019). "General Election 2019: Conservatives hold Banff and Buchan despite strong SNP vote". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Merson, Adele (17 September 2021). "North-east MP David Duguid leaves Scotland Office for fisheries envoy role". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "How Scottish Conservative MPs voted and what they said about Boris Johnson". Dundee Courier. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  14. ↑ Webster, Laura (17 October 2022). "Scottish Tory MP sacked from UK Government after backing Liz Truss". The National. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Wife of Tory MP who criticised windfall tax on oil firms has £50,000 in BP shares". Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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