David Duguid (politician)

David James Duguid[1] (born 8 October 1970)[2] is a Scottish Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP)[3] for Banff and Buchan[4] from June 2017 to May 2024.

[citation needed] He was made a Scotland Office Minister under Liz Truss, whose campaign for leadership of the Tory party he had supported, but was removed from this post after her resignation after a few weeks.

[14] Duguid has been accused of concealing a conflict of interest by repeatedly opposing a windfall tax on fossil fuel companies when his wife is a significant shareholder in BP.

[15] Following boundary changes, Duguid intended to contest the successor seat of Aberdeenshire North and Moray East at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

[17] However, although he still wished to stand and felt he was recovering sufficiently, he announced on 5 June 2024 that he had been deselected by Conservative Campaign Headquarters on medical grounds nonetheless and would not be allowed to contest the seat.