Английская Википедия:David Duguid (politician)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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.Шаблон: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.Шаблон:Cn
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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