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Leo Docherty
MP
Official portrait of Leo Docherty MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Assumed office
26 March 2024
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Aldershot

2017–present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans
2021–2022
Succeeded by
Post disestablished
Preceded by
New Post
Minister for Defence People
2022
Incumbent