Thomas Docherty (politician)

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Thomas Docherty

Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Willie Rennie
Majority	5,470 (11.2%)
Personal details
Born	(1975-01-28) 28 January 1975
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Relations	Katie Docherty (wife)
Religion	Roman Catholic^[1]

Thomas Docherty (born 28 January 1975) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife since 2010.^[2]

Thomas Docherty was elected as the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife in the May 2010 General Election with a 5,470 majority. He lives in Dunfermline with his wife Katie and their children. Prior to being elected Docherty was an Account Director with a communications consultancy, having previously worked for Network Rail, BNFL and as a research assistant to Scott Barrie, the former MSP for Dunfermline West.

In Westminster he has taken a keen interest in defence issues and was a notable voice throughout the Strategic Defence and Security Review. He is a member of a number of influential committees in Parliament, notably the Defence Select Committee, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee and the Administration Select Committee. In addition Docherty is the member of several all party groups, including the all party group on atomic and nuclear veterans. Docherty is also Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Bahrain and Treasurer of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Clean Coal. In the recent reshuffle of the opposition front bench he was appointed to the Treasury team as PPS to Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

In 2011, he was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.^[3] He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Bill.^[4]

To date he has spoken in 71 debates and received answers to 72 written questions – above average amongst MPs. In November the Sunday Mail named Docherty as the second hardest working new Scottish MP.

References

↑ http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/03/27/catholic-mps-urge-pope-francis-to-allow-ordination-of-married-men/
↑ "Election 2010: Jim Murphy's joy as Scotland says no to David Cameron". Daily Record. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
↑ "Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill". parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 Sep 2013.
↑ "House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013-14". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Willie Rennie	Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife 2010–present	Incumbent

Scottish Labour Party

Headquarters: Transport House, 290 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4RE

Leaders

Donald Dewar (1999–2000)
Henry McLeish (2000–2001)
Jack McConnell (2001–2007)
Wendy Alexander (2007–2008)
Iain Gray (2008–2011)
Johann Lamont (2011–)

Deputy Leaders

Henry McLeish (1999–2000)
Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008)
Johann Lamont (2008–2011)
Anas Sarwar (2011–)

General Secretaries

Jack McConnell (1992–1998)
Alex Rowley (1998–1999)
Lesley Quinn (1999–2008)
Colin Smyth (2008–2013)
Ian Price (2013–)

MSP Group

Shadow cabinet	Johann Lamont (leader) Iain Gray (finance) Graeme Pearson (justice) Neil Findlay (health) Kezia Dugdale (education) James Kelly (infrastructure) Sarah Boyack (local government) Claire Baker (rural) Patricia Ferguson (culture) Drew Smith (constitution) Jackie Baillie (social justice) Paul Martin (parliamentary business and chief of staff) Lewis Macdonald (chief whip) Richard Baker (party policy review) Jenny Marra (youth employment and finance)

Deputy spokespersons	Claudia Beamish (environment/climate change) Neil Bibby (education) Mary Fee (housing) Rhoda Grant (wellbeing) Elaine Murray (community safety) Richard Simpson (public health)

Backbenchers	Jayne Baxter Malcolm Chisholm Hugh Henry Cara Hilton Mark Griffin Ken Macintosh Hanzala Malik Margaret McCulloch (deputy whip) Margaret McDougall Michael McMahon Siobhan McMahon Duncan McNeil Anne McTaggart John Pentland (deputy whip) Alex Rowley Elaine Smith David Stewart

MP Group

Shadow cabinet	Douglas Alexander Margaret Curran Jim Murphy

Shadow ministers	Gordon Banks Russell Brown Thomas Docherty Gemma Doyle Tom Greatrex Cathy Jamieson Gregg McClymont Ian Murray

Backbenchers	Willie Bain Anne Begg Gordon Brown Katy Clark Tom Clarke Michael Connarty Alistair Darling Ian Davidson Brian Donohoe Frank Doran Sheila Gilmore David Hamilton Tom Harris Jimmy Hood Eric Joyce Mark Lazarowicz Michael McCann James McGovern Anne McGuire Ann McKechin Iain McKenzie Graeme Morrice Pamela Nash Fiona O'Donnell Sandra Osborne John Robertson Frank Roy Lindsay Roy Anas Sarwar James Sheridan

MEP Group

Organisation

Scottish Executive Committee
Scottish Labour Conference
Scottish Policy Forum
Scottish Trade Union Labour Party Committee
Scottish Labour Students
Scottish Young Labour
Campaign for Socialism Group
Review of the Labour Party in Scotland
History

In Government

First
Second

Persondata
Name	Docherty, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	28 January 1975
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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