David Duguid | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022 Serving with 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 Serving with Iain Stewart | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Douglas Ross |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Offord of Garvel |
| Member of Parliament forBanff and Buchan | |
| In office 8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Eilidh Whiteford |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-10-08)8 October 1970 (age 55) Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Robert Gordon University |
| Website | www.davidduguid.com |
David James Duguid[1] (born 8 October 1970)[2] is aScottish Conservative politician who was theMember of Parliament (MP)[3] forBanff and Buchan[4] from June 2017 to May 2024.[5] Duguid's victory ended thirty years ofScottish National Party control of the seat.
Duguid served asParliamentary 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 atBanff Academy[8] andRobert Gordon University, where he studiedchemistry. Before entering politics, Duguid worked as an engineer forBP and as a project manager forHitachi 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 asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and a Government whip, succeedingDouglas Ross.
Duguid left the government in September 2021 and was appointed Fisheries Envoy.[11][12]
Duguid andAlister Jack were the only two Scottish Conservative MPs (out of six) who voted in support of Boris Johnson in theJune 2022 confidence vote.[13] Duguid later resigned as Trade Envoy on 6 July 2022.[citation needed]
He was made a Scotland Office Minister underLiz 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 awindfall tax onfossil fuel companies when his wife is a significant shareholder inBP.[15]
Following boundary changes, Duguid intended to contest the successor seat ofAberdeenshire North and Moray East at the2024 United Kingdom general election.[16] In May 2024, as the election campaign began, he announced that he had been hospitalised for some weeks to recover from a severe spinal illness, but intended to continue as the Conservative candidate.[17] However, although he still wished to stand and felt he was recovering sufficiently, he announced on 5 June 2024 that he had been deselected byConservative Campaign Headquarters on medical grounds nonetheless and would not be allowed to contest the seat.[18] In the election, his replacement candidateDouglas Ross was narrowly defeated bySeamus Logan from theScottish National Party.[19] After the election, Duguid said that he could have "won his seat from hospital".[20]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBanff and Buchan 2017–2024 | Constituency abolished |
