Gregor Poynton | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forLivingston | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hannah Bardell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Falkirk, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
Gregor Arthur Poynton[1] is a ScottishLabour Party politician who has served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forLivingston since2024.[2][3]
Poynton is fromFalkirk, as are his parents.[4] He previously tried to be selected as Labour’s candidate in that constituency in 2013 but was unsuccessful. He was also reported as having paid for new members to support his nomination at the time.[4]
Poynton has worked in communications since leaving education.[5] From 2009 to 2014, Poynton worked forBlue State Digital, an online fundraising and campaign consultancy company.[6]
Poynton worked at the Labour head office on the subject of election strategy as a director of external engagement and for also workedJim Murphy when he was Scottish Labour leader.[6] For a time, he led the global digital and creative teams at the government advisory company Consulum.[7] From 2022, he was a partner at Headland Consultancy specialising in data, insights and digital communications.[7][5]
In October 2023, he advocated for a new Scottish industrial strategy.[8]
In the2024 general election he was elected as MP forLivingston with 18,324 votes.[3]
He was previously married to former Labour MPGemma Doyle,[9] but he has since remarried Labour Special Adviser (SpAd) Amy Richards, sister to Labour MPJake Richards (politician) MP.[citation needed]
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