16 Facts About Martin Daubney

Martin Daubney was the longest-serving editor of the men's lifestyle magazine Loaded.

Martin Daubney's father was a coal miner and his mother was a teacher.

Martin Daubney studied geography at the University of Manchester, and was the first man in his family to graduate from university.

Martin Daubney then became the features editor for the men's lifestyle magazine, FHM in the late 1990s.

Martin Daubney then wrote articles for the sports section of the tabloid newspaper News of the World before becoming the deputy editor of the men's lifestyle magazine Loaded in February 2003.

Martin Daubney left Loaded in November 2010, after sales that peaked in the second half of 1998 to an average of 457,318 copies a month, had fallen to just a monthly average of 53,591.

Martin Daubney was the longest serving editor of the magazine.

In 2013, Martin Daubney spent six months making a documentary for Channel 4 on pornography addiction called Porn on the Brain.

In October 2023, the media regulator Ofcom ruled that a GB News programme hosted by Martin Daubney breached impartiality and did not give "due weight" to a wide range of views on immigration and asylum policy.

Martin Daubney was a Labour Party supporter until the election of Ed Miliband as party leader in 2010.

Martin Daubney said that he has voted for the Liberal Democrats and the Women's Equality Party in the past.

Martin Daubney voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in the 2016 membership referendum and supported a no-deal Brexit.

On 25 April 2019, it was announced that Martin Daubney would stand for the Brexit Party in the European Parliament election on 23 May He was second on his party's list in the West Midlands constituency and was elected as one of its three MEPs there.

Martin Daubney was the Brexit Party candidate for Ashfield in the 2019 general election.

Martin Daubney finished fourth with 2,501 votes, behind the Conservative, Ashfield Independents and Labour candidates.

Martin Daubney was the party's candidate in the 2021 North Shropshire by-election, finishing seventh with 375 votes.