David Duguid (politician)
David James Duguid is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan since June 2017. Duguid's victory marked the end of thirty years of SNP representation in the seat.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.David was first elected in 2017, beating the incumbent, Eilidh Whiteford by over 2000 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, David accepted a position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scotland Office and a Government whip, succeeding Douglas Ross.
