Leo Docherty

Leo Docherty (born 4 October 1976) is a former British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 2017 to 2024. He served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces from March to July 2024.

Prior to being elected as an MP, he served in the Scots Guards, before working in publishing and for the Conservative party. He is the author of Desert of Death (2007). Docherty was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2019, but was defeated by Alex Baker of the Labour Party in 2024 as part of a large nationwide swing from the Conservatives to Labour, following a defeat in the local elections earlier in the year. This marked the first time since the constituency's creation in 1918 that a non-Conservative MP had been elected.

Doherty served as Minister for Defence People from July 2022 to September 2022. in the Boris Johnson ministry and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe from September 2022 to March 2024. Docherty also served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the culmination of the Sunak ministry.