Thomas Docherty
Thomas Docherty (born January 28, 1975 in Whitehaven ) is a British Labor Party politician .
Life
Docherty worked for Network Rail and British Nuclear Fuels . He is chairman of a local community association and also studied history at the Open University . He is married and has one son.
Political career
Docherty chairs the West Fife Labor Group. Within the party, he acted as the advisor to MP Scott Barrie . For the first time, Docherty stood for the Labor Party in the 2001 general election in the North Tayside constituency . However, he only received the third highest number of votes behind the SNP candidate Peter Wishart and the conservative Murdo Fraser .
In the 2010 general election , Docherty ran in the constituency of Dunfermline and West Fife , the mandate of which Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie had held since 2006. On election day, Docherty prevailed against Rennie and four other opponents and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time . In the Labor Party's shadow cabinet , Docherty held a junior ministerial position in 2013 for the environment, food and rural affairs. After the SNP gained massive votes in the following general election in 2015 , he left the House of Commons in 2015. The SNP candidate Douglas Chapman won the mandate .
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical information
- ↑ a b c Information on politics.co.uk
- ^ Results of the 2001 general election
- ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information from the British Parliament
- ↑ Results of the general election 2015
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Docherty, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Whitehaven |