Martin McCluskey explained

Martin McCluskey
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of Parliament
for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Term Start:4 July 2024
Predecessor:Constituency Established
Majority:6,371 (15.8%)
Party:Labour
Alma Mater:University of Oxford

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] McCluskey was born and brought up in Greenock[3] and was educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and the University of Oxford. He was elected as a councillor for Inverclyde Council (Inverclyde West ward) in 2022.[4] [3]

Personal life

McCluskey lives in Gourock with his partner.[4] He became Inverclyde Council's first councillor who came out as gay.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West - General election results 2024 . BBC News .
  2. Web site: Assistant Whip, House of Commons - GOV.UK . 2024-07-30 . www.gov.uk . en.
  3. Web site: 2024-02-16 . Scottish Labour hopefuls: From the long serving to the rising stars of new New Labour . 2024-07-14 . The Herald . en.
  4. Web site: Martin McCluskey for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West in the UK Parliamentary general election . 2024-07-05 . whocanivotefor.co.uk . en.
  5. News: McCracken . Gordon . Inverclyde's first openly gay councillor hopes he can inspire other LGBT people . 9 July 2024 . . 8 June 2022.