Martin McCluskey | |
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![]() 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]