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'''Stephen John Doughty'''<ref name="declaration12116">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= |format=PDF |title=Declaration of Result of Poll |author=Acting Returning Officer |publisher=Cardiff Council |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329033042/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 15 April 1980)<ref name="dellam">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dellam.com/05200658-U.W.C.-GREAT-BRITAIN-LIMITED.html |title=U.W.C. Great Britain Limited |publisher=Dellam Corporate Information |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref> is a [[Labour and Co-operative Party|Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party]] [[politician]] who has served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth]] since [[2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election|2012]].<ref name="bbcresults">{{cite news |title=Labour victory in Cardiff South and Penarth by-election|newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=16 November 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20342214 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> He has been the Shadow Minister for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories since November 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://labour.org.uk/about-us/the-shadow-cabinet/ | title=Shadow Cabinet }}</ref>
'''Stephen John Doughty'''<ref name="declaration12116">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= |format=PDF |title=Declaration of Result of Poll |author=Acting Returning Officer |publisher=Cardiff Council |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329033042/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 15 April 1980)<ref name="dellam">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dellam.com/05200658-U.W.C.-GREAT-BRITAIN-LIMITED.html |title=U.W.C. Great Britain Limited |publisher=Dellam Corporate Information |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref> is a [[Labour and Co-operative Party|Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party]] [[politician]] who has served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth]] since [[2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election|2012]].<ref name="bbcresults">{{cite news |title=Labour victory in Cardiff South and Penarth by-election|newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=16 November 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20342214 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> He has been the Shadow Minister for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories since November 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://labour.org.uk/about-us/the-shadow-cabinet/ | title=Shadow Cabinet }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life and education==
Doughty was born in [[Cardiff]], and his family moved to the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] when he was young. After attending [[Llantwit Major School|Llantwit Major Comprehensive School]], he was awarded a scholarship to study at [[Pearson College UWC|Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearsoncollege.ca/blog/?activeBlogPostID=45 |title=Stephen Doughty, Pearson College alumnus elected MP in Wales |publisher=UWC Pearson College |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=progress-20130301>{{cite news |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/03/01/optimistic-interventionist-labour-government/ |title=Optimistic, interventionist Labour government |author=Stephen Doughty |publisher=Progress Online |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124355/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/03/01/optimistic-interventionist-labour-government/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> While a student at UWC Pearson, he served as a member of [[British Columbia Youth Parliament]]).
Stephen Doughty was born on 15 April 1980 in [[Cardiff]], with his family moving to the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] when he was young. After attending [[Llantwit Major School|Llantwit Major Comprehensive School]], he was awarded a scholarship to study at [[Pearson College UWC|Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearsoncollege.ca/blog/?activeBlogPostID=45 |title=Stephen Doughty, Pearson College alumnus elected MP in Wales |publisher=UWC Pearson College |date=16 November 2012 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=progress-20130301>{{cite news |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/03/01/optimistic-interventionist-labour-government/ |title=Optimistic, interventionist Labour government |author=Stephen Doughty |publisher=Progress Online |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124355/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/03/01/optimistic-interventionist-labour-government/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> While a student at UWC Pearson, he served as a member of [[British Columbia Youth Parliament]]).


He went to university at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], [[Oxford University]], from which he graduated with an [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper Second Class Honours|upper second-class]] degree in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]],<ref>Oxford University Registry</ref> was a member of an all-male singing group, Out of the Blue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni |url=http://www.ootboxford.com/alumni |accessdate=22 January 2023 |publisher=Out of the Blue}}</ref> He also studied at the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref name="doughty">{{cite web |title=About Stephen |publisher=Stephen Doughty |url=http://www.stephendoughty.org.uk/about-stephen/ |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705070838/http://www.stephendoughty.org.uk/about-stephen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He went to university at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], from which he graduated with an [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper Second Class Honours|upper second-class]] degree in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]].<ref>Oxford University Registry</ref> Whilst at Oxford, Doughty was a member of an all-male singing group, Out of the Blue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni |url=http://www.ootboxford.com/alumni |accessdate=22 January 2023 |publisher=Out of the Blue}}</ref> He also studied at the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref name="doughty">{{cite web |title=About Stephen |publisher=Stephen Doughty |url=http://www.stephendoughty.org.uk/about-stephen/ |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705070838/http://www.stephendoughty.org.uk/about-stephen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Early career ==
== Career ==
After time spent working in [[Denmark]], Doughty returned to the UK, where he became an advisor to Labour MP [[Douglas Alexander]].<ref name="walesonline">{{cite news |title=Lobbyist says Labour's candidate for by-election must be a woman|first=Matt |last=Withers |newspaper=[[Wales Online]] |date=19 June 2012 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2012/06/19/lobbyist-says-labour-s-candidate-for-by-election-must-be-a-woman-91466-31219028/ |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> He then worked in various roles for [[Oxfam International]], before becoming the head of Oxfam Cymru in 2011.<ref name="penarthtimes">{{cite news |title=Penarth by-election: Labour, Communist, Socialist Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates|newspaper=[[Penarth Times]] |date=8 November 2012 |url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/10033126.Penarth_by_election__Labour__Communist__Socialist_Labour_and_Liberal_Democrat_candidates/ |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>
After time spent working in [[Denmark]], Doughty returned to the UK, where he became an advisor to Labour MP [[Douglas Alexander]].<ref name="walesonline">{{cite news |title=Lobbyist says Labour's candidate for by-election must be a woman|first=Matt |last=Withers |newspaper=[[Wales Online]] |date=19 June 2012 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2012/06/19/lobbyist-says-labour-s-candidate-for-by-election-must-be-a-woman-91466-31219028/ |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> He then worked in various roles for [[Oxfam International]], before becoming the head of Oxfam Cymru in 2011.<ref name="penarthtimes">{{cite news |title=Penarth by-election: Labour, Communist, Socialist Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates|newspaper=[[Penarth Times]] |date=8 November 2012 |url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/10033126.Penarth_by_election__Labour__Communist__Socialist_Labour_and_Liberal_Democrat_candidates/ |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>


From 2004 to 2009, Doughty was a trustee of the British section of [[United World Colleges]], having attended one of the movement's colleges in Canada.<ref name=dellam/>
From 2004 to 2009, Doughty was a trustee of the British section of [[United World Colleges]].<ref name=dellam/>


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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."<ref name="walesonline.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2012/07/13/alun-michael-at-the-centre-of-selection-row-over-next-cardiff-south-mp-91466-31387398/|title=Alun Michael at the centre of selection row over next Cardiff South MP|author=Martin Shipton|date=13 July 2012|work=walesonline}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bbcselected">{{cite news |title=Oxfam boss Stephen Doughty is Labour by-election candidate|newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=15 July 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18847945 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>
In March 2010, prior to the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|May 2010 general election]], the BBC's political correspondent David Cornock reported <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/davidcornock/status/9823259955|title=David Cornock|work=Twitter}}</ref> that Doughty was one of the candidates on Labour's shortlist for the [[Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontypridd]] parliamentary constituency. The other candidates on the shortlist were Jayne Brencher, [[Delyth Evans]], Bethan Roberts, and [[Owen Smith]]; Smith was selected and retained the seat for Labour at the general election.

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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."<ref name="walesonline.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2012/07/13/alun-michael-at-the-centre-of-selection-row-over-next-cardiff-south-mp-91466-31387398/|title=Alun Michael at the centre of selection row over next Cardiff South MP|author=Martin Shipton|date=13 July 2012|work=walesonline}}</ref> When Alun Michael announced his decision to step down as Cardiff South and Penarth MP in order to stand for election as South Wales [[Police and Crime Commissioner]], the ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]'' reported on 13 July 2012 that Michael had been "interfering inappropriately" in Labour's selection process for his putative successor in the constituency to ensure his preferred candidate (Doughty) was included on the shortlist. Michael subsequently admitted that he had spoken personally to Labour leader [[Ed Miliband]], to the party's general secretary [[Iain McNicol]] and to members of the [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]], with the purpose of "preventing a stitch-up" and "stopping a candidate from outside being imposed on the local party".<ref name="walesonline.co.uk"/> 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.<ref name="bbcselected">{{cite news |title=Oxfam boss Stephen Doughty is Labour by-election candidate|newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=15 July 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18847945 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
In the parliamentary by-election on 15 November 2012, Doughty was voted in as the Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth. He took the seat with a majority of 5,334, taking 47.3% of the vote.<ref name="bbcresults" /> This enhanced Labour's majority in the area, which previously stood at 4,709.<ref name="itv">{{cite web |title= Stephen Doughty: Vote a 'resounding rejection' of coalition |work=[[ITV Network|ITV]] |url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2012-11-16/stephen-doughty-vote-a-resounding-rejection-of-coalition/ |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>
At the [[2012 Cardiff South and Penarth by-election]], Doughty was elected to Parliament as MP for [[Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth]] with 47.3% of the vote and a majority of 5,334.<ref name="bbcresults" /><ref name="2012results">{{cite web |date=2 October 2014 |title=Cardiff South and Penarth result |url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=1&RPID=1020036&LLL=0 |access-date=18 January 2020 |website=Election results for Cardiff South and Penarth |publisher=City of Cardiff Council}}</ref> Doughty made his [[maiden speech]] in the House of Commons on 28 November 2012.<ref name="bbcmaiden">{{cite news |title=Stephen Doughty makes his maiden speech in Commons|first=David |last=Cornock |newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=28 November 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20526787 |access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>

Doughty made his [[maiden speech]] in the House of Commons on 28 November 2012.<ref name="bbcmaiden">{{cite news |title=Stephen Doughty makes his maiden speech in Commons|first=David |last=Cornock |newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=28 November 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20526787 |access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>


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]].<ref name="shadowtreasury">{{cite news |title=Penarth MP Stephen Doughty appointed to Labour's shadow Treasury team|newspaper=[[Penarth Times]] |date=23 January 2013 |url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/10167631.Penarth_MP_Stephen_Doughty_appointed_to_Labour_s_shadow_Treasury_team/ |access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>
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]].<ref name="shadowtreasury">{{cite news |title=Penarth MP Stephen Doughty appointed to Labour's shadow Treasury team|newspaper=[[Penarth Times]] |date=23 January 2013 |url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/10167631.Penarth_MP_Stephen_Doughty_appointed_to_Labour_s_shadow_Treasury_team/ |access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>

Doughty was re-elected as MP for Cardiff South and Penarth at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] with a decreased vote share of 42.8% and an increased majority of 7,453.<ref name="electoralcalculus">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref name="2015results">{{cite web |date=7 May 2015 |title=Cardiff South and Penarth result |url=http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=37&RPID=1000163518 |access-date=21 September 2015 |website=Election results for Cardiff South and Penarth |publisher=City of Cardiff Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cardiff South and Penarth Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000080#election2015-logo |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=BBC News |department=Election 2015}}</ref>


Following [[Iain Wright]]'s election as the [[Business, Innovation and Skills Committee|Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee]] chair, Doughty succeed him in the Shadow BIS team as the Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry in a June 2015 mini-reshuffle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New role for Dan Jarvis in mini-reshuffle|url=https://labourlist.org/2015/06/new-role-for-dan-jarvis-in-mini-reshuffle/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=LabourList|date=22 June 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardiff South and Penarth MP promoted in shadow cabinet reshuffle|url=https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/13356640.cardiff-south-and-penarth-mp-promoted-in-shadow-cabinet-reshuffle/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Penarth Times|date=26 June 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
Following [[Iain Wright]]'s election as the [[Business, Innovation and Skills Committee|Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee]] chair, Doughty succeed him in the Shadow BIS team as the Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry in a June 2015 mini-reshuffle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New role for Dan Jarvis in mini-reshuffle|url=https://labourlist.org/2015/06/new-role-for-dan-jarvis-in-mini-reshuffle/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=LabourList|date=22 June 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardiff South and Penarth MP promoted in shadow cabinet reshuffle|url=https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/13356640.cardiff-south-and-penarth-mp-promoted-in-shadow-cabinet-reshuffle/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Penarth Times|date=26 June 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
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He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=2016-07-21|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>
He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=2016-07-21|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>

At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Doughty was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 59.5% and an increased majority of 14,864.<ref name="Caerphilly County Borough Council">{{cite web |title=Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll |url=http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/CaerphillyDocs/Elections/8_June_Election/CaerphillyNoticePollPollingStationLocations.aspx |access-date=25 May 2017 |publisher=[[Caerphilly County Borough Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cardiff South and Penarth Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000080#election2017-logo |access-date=18 January 2020 |website=Election 2017 Results |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="2017results">{{cite web |date=8 June 2017 |title=Election Results |url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=113&RPID=1049214&LLL=0 |access-date=18 January 2020 |website=Cardiff Council |publisher=Cardiff Council}}</ref> He was again re-elected at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], with a decreased vote share of 54.1% and a decreased majority of 12,737.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scheduled elections and polls |url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20Cardiff%20South%20and%20Penarth%20%28Updated%29.pdf |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=Cardiff Council |publisher=Cardiff Council}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000080 |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="2019results">{{cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=Election-Results/General-Election-2019 |url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=125&RPID=1049220&LLL=0 |access-date=18 January 2020 |website=Cardiff Council |publisher=Cardiff Council}}</ref>


Doughty endorsed [[Keir Starmer]] in his successful campaign in the [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2020 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SDoughtyMP/status/1214606507108646918|title=Talented group of friends putting themselves forward for @UKLabour Leader. Crucial issues being raised we *all* need to listen to. But after talking to many on challenges the UK, Wales + our party face I have nominated @Keir_Starmer to best help us oppose Tories, reunite + win.pic.twitter.com/z4aAkiFNNQ|first=Stephen Doughty MP /|last=AS|date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
Doughty endorsed [[Keir Starmer]] in his successful campaign in the [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2020 Labour Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SDoughtyMP/status/1214606507108646918|title=Talented group of friends putting themselves forward for @UKLabour Leader. Crucial issues being raised we *all* need to listen to. But after talking to many on challenges the UK, Wales + our party face I have nominated @Keir_Starmer to best help us oppose Tories, reunite + win.pic.twitter.com/z4aAkiFNNQ|first=Stephen Doughty MP /|last=AS|date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

Revision as of 13:41, 30 May 2024

This article is about the UK Member of Parliament. For the cricketer, see Stephen Doughty (cricketer).

Stephen Doughty
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAfzal Khan
In office
28 October 2015 – 6 January 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byDavid Hanson
Succeeded byFabian Hamilton
Shadow Minister for International Development
In office
9 April 2020 – 4 December 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry
In office
22 June 2015 – 28 October 2015
LeaderHarriet Harman
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded byIain Wright[b]
Succeeded byKevin Brennan[c]
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff South and Penarth
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 November 2012
Preceded byAlun Michael
Majority12,737 (25.2%)
Personal details
Born (1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 44)
Cardiff, Wales
Political partyLabour Co-op
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
University of St Andrews
Websitestephendoughty.wales

Stephen John Doughty[1] (born 15 April 1980)[2] is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2012.[3] He has been the Shadow Minister for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories since November 2021.[4]

Early life and education

Stephen Doughty was born on 15 April 1980 in Cardiff, with his family moving to the Vale of Glamorgan when he was young. After attending Llantwit Major Comprehensive School, he was awarded a scholarship to study at Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada.[5][6] While a student at UWC Pearson, he served as a member of British Columbia Youth Parliament).

He went to university at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from which he graduated with an upper second-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.[7] Whilst at Oxford, Doughty was a member of an all-male singing group, Out of the Blue.[8] He also studied at the University of St Andrews.[9]

Career

After time spent working in Denmark, Doughty returned to the UK, where he became an advisor to Labour MP Douglas Alexander.[10] He then worked in various roles for Oxfam International, before becoming the head of Oxfam Cymru in 2011.[11]

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."[12] 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.[13]

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][14] Doughty made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 28 November 2012.[15]

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.[16]

Doughty was re-elected as MP for Cardiff South and Penarth at the 2015 general election with a decreased vote share of 42.8% and an increased majority of 7,453.[17][18][19]

Following Iain Wright's election as the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee chair, Doughty succeed him in the Shadow BIS team as the Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry in a June 2015 mini-reshuffle.[20][21]

In October 2015, he was moved to a position as a Shadow Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Africa, South Asia and International Organisations, under Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn.[22]

In December 2015 Doughty supported air strikes against Syria, a decision for which he was criticised by many of his constituents and political activists via social media. He called the police to deal with the "personal threats" he had received.[23]

He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.[24]

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.[25][26][27] He was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 54.1% and a decreased majority of 12,737.[28][29][30]

Doughty endorsed Keir Starmer in his successful campaign in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[31]

Starmer appointed Doughty Shadow Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, responsible for Africa and international development.[32]

In May 2021, Doughty apologised for asking a constituent to provide him with diazepam, a Class C-controlled drug, without a prescription for anxiety ahead of a flight in 2019.[33] South Wales Police did not take further action because they determined that the allegation he possessed a controlled substance "cannot be proved in these circumstances". The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards ruled in October 2021 that he had not broken the MPs' code of conduct.[34] The constituent who was cautioned for supplying the diazepam complained to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, who asked South Wales Police to re-examine the case in May 2022.[35] They announced in December 2022 that they stood by their original decision.[34]

Resignation

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.[36] 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".[37]

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."[38] The Labour Party's Director of Communications, Seumas Milne, made a formal complaint to the BBC.[39] 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."[39][40] 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".[39]

Personal life

Doughty lives in the Splott area of Cardiff. He has been a Cub and Scout leader since 2004, and is a Cardiff City season ticket holder.[41] He features in the Pinc List of leading Welsh LGBT figures.[42] Doughty is a Christian.[43]

Notes

  1. ^ Africa, South Asia and International Organisations (2015–16)
  2. ^ (Competitiveness and Enterprise)
  3. ^ (Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property)

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