David Martin (born 26 August 1954) is a Scottish politician who has served as co-convener of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland since 2019.

[1] David Martin was born and educated in Edinburgh, where he attended Liberton High School then Heriot-Watt University.

[5] Martin was a co-ordinator and spokesperson for the Socialists and Democrats Group on the International Trade (INTA) committee.

[6] In April 2012, Martin recommended that the European Parliament reject ACTA, on the grounds that civil liberties were not adequately protected.

[7][8] His recommendation was adopted by the Parliament in the biggest ever defeat of a legislative proposal from the European Commission – 478 MEPs voted against ACTA, 39 in favour, and 165 abstained.

[14] Following the Brexit vote of 23 June 2016, Martin was invited to join the First Minister's Standing Council on Europe, a cross-party body which offers advice to the Scottish government on how best to protect Scotland's relationship with the European Union.

[16] In a video he explained, "she [First Minister Nicola Sturgeon] assured me this would be an all-party and no-party, a pro-independence and an anti-independence grouping, that there would be no bias one way or the other.

[20] In July 2019, Joanna Cherry, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West, suggested the Assembly would be used to promote Scottish nationalism.