10 Facts About Sue Doughty

Susan Kathleen Doughty is a politician in the United Kingdom.

Sue Doughty was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford from 2001 to 2005.

Sue Doughty was brought up in York where she went to Mill Mount Grammar School for Girls on Mill Mount, whose site became All Saints' RC School after the abolition of the Grammar School scheme in 1985.

Sue Doughty gained a CertED at Northumberland College and worked as a primary school teacher for one year.

Sue Doughty entered Parliament in the 2001 election, becoming the first non-Conservative MP returned for Guildford since 1906 and the constituency's first ever female MP.

Sue Doughty was part of the front bench team from 2003 to 2005 and served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee throughout her time in Parliament.

Sue Doughty was co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Waste Group and Secretary of the APPG for Renewable Energy.

Sue Doughty left in the 2005 general election, when she lost narrowly to the Conservative candidate Anne Milton.

Sue Doughty is a Quaker and upon her departure in 2005, left Parliament without any Quaker MPs for the first time in 150 years.

Sue Doughty was re-selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Guildford for the 2010 election, however she was again defeated by Milton.