David James Duguid (born 8 October 1970) is a

Scottish Conservative The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

politician who has been the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(MP) for

Banff and Buchan Banff and Buchan is a committee area of the Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. It has a population of 35,742 (2001 Census). Fishing and agriculture are important industries, together with associated processing and service activity. Banff and Bucha ...

since June 2017. 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 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post (of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State rank) in the Government of the United Kingdom, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland. The post is also kno ...

from September to October 2022. He previously served in this role from June 2020 to September 2021.

Background

He was educated at Banff Academy 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 Hitachi Consulting Corporation was an American international management and technology consulting firm with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in November 2000 as a subsidiary of the Japanese corporation Hitachi, and employed approxima ...

Political career

Duguid was first elected in 2017, beating the incumbent,

Eilidh Whiteford Eilidh Whiteford (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan from 2010–17. In the 2010–15 Parliament, she was the SNP's spokesperson for Women; for Fishing, ...

by over 2,000 votes. His win saw the largest overturned majority of the election night in the UK. He was re-elected with an increased majority and over 50% of the vote in the December 2019 election. In June 2020, Duguid accepted a position as

and a Government whip, succeeding Douglas Ross. Duguid left the government in September 2021 and was appointed Fisheries Envoy. Duguid and

Alister Jack Alister William Jack (born 7 July 1963) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Scotland since 2019. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfries and Galloway since 2017. Ear ...

were the only two Scottish Conservative MPs (out of six) who voted in support of Boris Johnson in the June 2022 confidence vote. Duguid later resigned as Trade Envoy on 6 July 2022.

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* 1970 births Living people UK MPs 2017–2019 Scottish Conservative Party MPs People educated at Banff Academy Alumni of Robert Gordon University People from Aberdeenshire UK MPs 2019–present {{Conservative-UK-MP-1970s-stub