Dave Doogan | |
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SNP Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson in the House of Commons | |
Assumed office 4 September 2023 | |
Leader | Stephen Flynn |
Preceded by | Alan Brown |
SNP Defence Spokesperson in the House of Commons | |
In office 10 December 2022 –4 September 2023 | |
Leader | Stephen Flynn |
Preceded by | Stewart McDonald |
Succeeded by | Martin Docherty-Hughes |
Member of Parliament for Angus | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kirstene Hair |
Majority | 3,795 (8.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | David Michael Doogan 4 March 1973 Perth,Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Alma mater | University of Dundee |
David Michael Doogan (born 4 March 1973) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus since the 2019 general election. Doogan has been the SNP's Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson since September 2023. [1]
David Doogan was born in Perth to Irish parents James and Anne ( née Walsh) Doogan. [2]
Following his schooling in Perth,Doogan served as a civilian in the Royal Navy from 1989. An aircraft engineer,Doogan worked as a commercial manager specialising in Sea King Search and Rescue Aircraft. [3]
Doogan left his career in the Ministry of Defence in 2007 to pursue a career in politics,studying at the University of Dundee. Doogan graduated in 2011 with a first-class MA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations. [4]
From 2011 to 2016,Doogan worked in the office of the then Scottish Finance Secretary and Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
Doogan was elected to Perth and Kinross Council as a councillor for Perth City North in 2012,with the largest share of first preference votes in that ward. [5]
Upon election,Doogan became Convenor of Housing and Health,having responsibility for council housing and social care. Doogan was also an ex officio member of the board of NHS Tayside. [6] He later identified achievements from this time as including the construction of a footbridge over the A9,the building of the £11m Tulloch Primary School,the renovation of Perth Crematorium and the conversion of a number of disused sites to council housing. [6]
Doogan served as chair of Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board from 2015 to 2017. [6]
Doogan was reelected to Perth and Kinross Council in 2017,the only of Perth City North’s four incumbents to do so. Additionally,he increased his share of the vote by 4.02%. [7]
At the election Doogan became the leader of the SNP group on Perth and Kinross Council,and as such,Leader of the Opposition. [3]
Doogan was also a member of the JD Fergusson Arts Awards Trust,the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities,the Perth City Development Board,Perth Common Good Fund and the Tayside Valuation Joint Board,among others. [6]
After his election to Parliament in December 2019 Doogan announced his intention to stand down as a councillor,with the timing of his resignation subject to the Chief Executive of PKC scheduling a by election. [8] [3]
Doogan formally stood down as a councillor at a full council meeting in February 2020. The SNP retained the seat vacated by Doogan with a majority of 38%.
In 2019,Doogan was selected as the SNP prospective parliamentary candidate for Angus.
At the 2019 general election,Doogan was elected to Parliament as MP for Angus,winning with 49.1% of the vote and a majority of 3,795 votes. [9] [10]
Doogan was sworn into Parliament on 18 December —swearing on the Jerusalem Bible — [11] and made his maiden speech on 21 January 2020. [12] His first contribution in Parliament was a Question to the Prime Minister —then Boris Johnson. [13]
Doogan became the SNP Spokesperson for Agriculture and Rural Affairs on 7 January 2020,taking the SNP seat on the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. On 16 October 2020,he also became Spokesperson for Manufacturing. [14]
In January 2022,as part of a reshuffle,Doogan became SNP Spokesperson for Defence Procurement and took up the SNP seat on the Defence Select Committee. [14]
Following the 2022 SNP Westminster leadership election,the new leader,Stephen Flynn,promoted Doogan to the SNP frontbench as Spokesperson for Defence. [14]
In May 2023,Doogan stated that he had contacted the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) in order to repay a London congestion charge penalty claimed in error. Doogan later described the incident as "very difficult",as reporting had suggested that the claim related to a speeding fine and that IPSA had contacted Doogan to request repayment,rather than Doogan contacting IPSA. [15] Doogan confirmed that he received a full apology from IPSA following the incident. [16]
In September 2023,Doogan was appointed the SNP's Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson,as part of preparations for the next general election,in which the SNP leadership chose to focus on energy and the economy. [1]
In September 2023,Doogan was confirmed as the SNP's candidate for the new Angus and Perthshire Glens constituency at the next general election. [17]
Doogan married Gillian Kirk in 1999;they have a son and daughter. [3] He is a Catholic. [11]
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