Martin McCluskey

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Martin McCluskey
MP
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Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 September 2025
Education St Aloysius' College
Alma mater St. Hugh's College, Oxford (MA)

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]

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Background

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]

Personal life

McCluskey lives in Gourock with his husband Ben. [5] He became Inverclyde Council's first councillor who came out as gay. The couple were married on 9 November 2024. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  2. ↑ "Assistant Whip, House of Commons - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Who's Who in the UK Government after Keir Starmer Reshuffle?". Holyrood Website. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Scottish Labour hopefuls: From the long serving to the rising stars of new New Labour". The Herald. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Martin McCluskey for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West in the UK Parliamentary general election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Inverclyde MP Martin McCluskey steps down as councillor for Gourock ward". Greenock Telegraph. 3 September 2024. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Executive committee". Fabian Society . Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ↑ McCracken, Gordon (8 June 2022). "Inverclyde's first openly gay councillor hopes he can inspire other LGBT people". Greenock Telegraph . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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