Martin McCluskey | |
|---|---|
| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Miatta Fahnbulleh |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
| In office 18 July 2024 –7 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Member of Parliament for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Majority | 6,371 (15.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martin James McCluskey 25 February 1986 Greenock,Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence(s) | Gourock,Inverclyde,Scotland |
| Education | St Patrick's Primary,Greenock St Aloysius' College,Glasgow |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Martin James McCluskey is a Scottish Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West since the 2024 general election. [1] He was promoted to Assistant Whip on 18 July 2024. [2] On 7 September 2025 McCluskey was promoted again to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. [3]
McCluskey was born and brought up in Greenock [4] and was educated at St Patrick's Primary,Greenock,St Aloysius' College,Glasgow and the University of Oxford. He was elected as a councillor for Inverclyde Council (Inverclyde West ward) in 2022. [5] [4] Following his election as a Member of Parliament,he has resigned from his seat on Inverclyde Council. [6]
He is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee. [7]
McCluskey lives in Gourock with his husband. [5] He became Inverclyde Council's first councillor who came out as gay. The couple were married on 9 November 2024. [8]