Leo Docherty was born on 4 October 1976 and is a British politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe since September 2022.
14 Facts About Leo Docherty
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Leo Docherty served as Minister of State for Europe from September to October 2022.
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Leo Docherty served as Minister for Defence People from July 2022 to September 2022.
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Leo Docherty was born in Glasgow and grew up in Gloucestershire.
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Leo Docherty studied Swahili and Hindi at SOAS, University of London between 1996 and 2000, before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst the following year.
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Leo Docherty was appointed Director of the Conservative Middle East Council in 2010, a role in which he served until being elected as an MP.
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Leo Docherty stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Wallingford division of Oxfordshire County Council in May 2017.
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Leo Docherty unsuccessfully applied to be the Conservative Party candidate for the Labour Party held Oxford East constituency in 2014.
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Leo Docherty was instead chosen to contest the safe Labour Party held seat of Caerphilly in the 2015 general election, where he came third.
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Leo Docherty was duly elected at the 2017 general election.
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Leo Docherty backed Boris Johnson in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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On 21 April 2021 Leo Docherty succeeded Johnny Mercer as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans.
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Leo Docherty became Minister for Defence People on 7 July 2022.
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Leo Docherty is married to Lucy Docherty and they have two children.