Leo Docherty

Leo Docherty
MP
Member of Parliament
for Aldershot
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Sir Gerald Howarth
Majority 11,478 (23.4%)
Personal details
Born 1976 (age 40–41)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Website www.leodocherty.org.uk
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Captain

Leo Docherty was born in 1976 and is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot since June 2017.[1] He is a graduate of the University of London and The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. From 2001 to 2007 he served in the Scots Guards.[2] After leaving the army he became a local councillor and Director of the Conservative Middle East Council.

Career

Docherty is a former British Army Captain who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.[3]

The Financial Times called his selection "the highest-profile tussle over a candidate choice, the party leadership rejected a request from activists in Aldershot to be allowed to consider Daniel Hannan, the prominent Eurosceptic MEP, for the safe Tory seat".[3]

Docherty has been Director of the Conservative Middle East Council since 2010.[4]

He was one of the many Conservative MP's to vote against the Labour amendment to the 2017 Queens speech that would have removed the 1% cap on public service workers annual pay rises.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Aldershot Conservatives (2017-04-29). "Leo Docherty selected as Parliamentary Candidate for Aldershot | Aldershot". Aldershotconservatives.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  2. ↑ "Leo Docherty MP". Aldershot Conservatives. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. 1 2 "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: The third candidate shortlisted in Aldershot is Chris Brannigan". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. ↑ "Public sector pay cap: All the MPs who voted against Labour's proposal". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Gerald Howarth		 Member of Parliament for Aldershot
2017–present 		Incumbent
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