Career
After time spent working in Denmark,Doughty returned to the UK,where he became an adviser to Labour MP Douglas Alexander. [11] He then worked in various roles for Oxfam International,before becoming the head of Oxfam Cymru in 2011. [12]
From 2004 to 2009,Doughty was a trustee of the British section of United World Colleges. [2]
Doughty and his father had been long-time family friends of Cardiff South and Penarth Labour MP Alun Michael. Michael said,"Stephen Doughty’s father and I first met 40 years ago when I was a youth worker and he was involved with an Army youth group. I have known Stephen since he was a baby." [13] After Michael's intervention Doughty's name was included in the final short list along with four other candidates,Kate Groucutt,Karen Wilkie,Nick Thomas-Symonds and Jeremy Miles. Doughty was selected in a vote by constituency Labour Party members on 14 July 2012. [14]
Parliamentary career
At the 2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election,Doughty was elected to Parliament as MP for Cardiff South and Penarth with 47.3% of the vote and a majority of 5,334. [3] [15] Doughty made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 28 November 2012. [16]
In January 2013,Doughty was appointed to the Labour Shadow Treasury team as an aide to Rachel Reeves,the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. [17]
Resignation from frontbench
In January 2016,Doughty announced that he had resigned as a shadow Foreign Minister on the live Daily Politics programme,saying that he supported the sacked Pat McFadden's views on terrorism and accusing members of the Labour leadership team of lying about the reasons for McFadden's sacking. [26] According to McFadden,he was sacked for comments in the debate on the Paris bombings which condemned "the view that sees terrorist acts as always being a response or a reaction to what we in the west do". [27]
Doughty's appearance on Daily Politics became contentious after it emerged that Laura Kuenssberg,the BBC's political editor,had arranged for Doughty to make his public announcement on the programme just before Prime Minister's Questions. According to Labour's spokesman,it was an "unacceptable breach of the BBC's role and statutory obligations. By the BBC's own account,BBC journalists and presenters proposed and secured the resignation of a shadow minister on air ... apparently to ensure maximum news and political impact." [28] The Labour Party's Director of Communications,Seumas Milne,made a formal complaint to the BBC. [29] The BBC's head of live political programmes,Robbie Gibb,wrote to Milne:"Neither the programme production team,nor Laura,played any part in his decision to resign. As you know it is a long standing tradition that political programmes on the BBC,along with all other news outlets,seek to break stories. It is true that we seek to make maximum impact with our journalism which is entirely consistent with the BBC's editorial guidelines and values." [29] [30] Doughty said on Twitter that he had resigned "shortly before I did the interview so there was not time for spin doctors to start smearing me". [29]
2017 Parliament
At the snap 2017 general election,Doughty was again re-elected,with an increased vote share of 59.5% and an increased majority of 14,864. [31] [32] [33]
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