Leo Docherty
Leo Docherty | |
|---|---|
| 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 47–48) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Website | www.leodocherty.org.uk |
Leo Docherty is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot since June 2017.[1]
Early life
He was born in 1976 and graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and commissioned into the British Army in 2001.[2]
Career
The FT called it "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 is a former British Army officer, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.[3]
Docherty has been Director of the Conservative Middle East Council since 2010.[4]
Docherty 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
- ^ Aldershot Conservatives (2017-04-29). "Leo Docherty selected as Parliamentary Candidate for Aldershot | Aldershot". Aldershotconservatives.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ a b "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Exclusive: The third candidate shortlisted in Aldershot is Chris Brannigan". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/public-sector-pay-cap-all-mps-vote-against-list-austerity-freeze-labour-jeremy-corbyn-conservatives-a7813706.html