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Under-Secretary of State for Europe</a><sup id="cite_ref-Europe_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Europe-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 September 2022 – 26 March 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stuart_(politician)" title="Graham Stuart (politician)">Graham Stuart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nus_Ghani" title="Nus Ghani">Nus Ghani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Defence_People,_Veterans_and_Service_Families" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families">Minister for Defence People</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 July 2022 – 7 September 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Atherton" title="Sarah Atherton">Sarah Atherton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Defence_People_and_Veterans" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 April 2021 – 7 July 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer_(politician)" title="Johnny Mercer (politician)">Johnny Mercer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Johnny Mercer</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">Assistant Government Whip</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 July 2019 – 21 April 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)">Aldershot</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 June 2017 – 30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Howarth" title="Gerald Howarth">Sir Gerald Howarth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Baker_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Baker (British politician)">Alex Baker</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1976-10-04</span>) </span>4 October 1976<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 48)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lucy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SOAS,_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="SOAS, University of London">SOAS, University of London</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy Sandhurst</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">2002-2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">Service number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">555125</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leo Docherty</b> (born 4 October 1976) is a former British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician who was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)">Aldershot</a> from <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> to <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Armed_Forces" title="Minister of State for the Armed Forces">Minister of State for the Armed Forces</a> from March to July 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to being elected as an MP, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a>, before working in publishing and for the Conservative party. He is the author of <i>Desert of Death</i> (2007). Docherty was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a>, but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Baker_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Baker (British politician)">Alex Baker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in 2024 as part of a large nationwide swing from the Conservatives to Labour, following a defeat in the local elections earlier in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the first time since the constituency's creation in 1918 that a non-Conservative MP had been elected. </p><p>Doherty served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Defence_People,_Veterans_and_Service_Families" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families">Minister for Defence People</a> from July 2022 to September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">Boris Johnson ministry</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe</a> from September 2022 to March 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Docherty also served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Armed_Forces" title="Minister of State for the Armed Forces">Minister of State for the Armed Forces</a> at the culmination of the <a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Sunak ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leo Docherty was born on 4 October 1976 in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>. He studied Swahili and Hindi at <a href="/wiki/SOAS_University_of_London" title="SOAS University of London">SOAS, University of London</a> between 1996 and 2000, before attending the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy Sandhurst</a> the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2001 to 2007 he served in the <a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aldershotconservatives_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldershotconservatives-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being posted to London on ceremonial duties and a period spent in Germany, he served operationally in <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Afghanistan</a> as a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officer</a>. </p><p>After leaving the army, he wrote about his first-hand account of the war in Afghanistan in his book <i>Desert of Death</i>, which was published by Faber in 2007. Living near <a href="/wiki/Didcot" title="Didcot">Didcot</a>, he created and worked as editor and publisher of <i>Steppe</i> magazine - a now defunct publication that covered the arts, culture, history, landscape and people of Central Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed Director of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Middle_East_Council" title="Conservative Middle East Council">Conservative Middle East Council</a> in 2010, a role in which he served until being elected as an MP. </p><p>Docherty stood successfully as the Conservative candidate in the Hagbourne ward of <a href="/wiki/South_Oxfordshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Oxfordshire District Council">South Oxfordshire District Council</a> in May 2011, standing down at the end of his four-year term when the wards were revised.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Wallingford division of <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_County_Council" title="Oxfordshire County Council">Oxfordshire County Council</a> in May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_Leo_Docherty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3796" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption>Docherty in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Docherty unsuccessfully applied to be the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> candidate for the Labour Party held <a href="/wiki/Oxford_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)">Oxford East</a> constituency in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Docherty stood in <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)">Caerphilly</a>, coming third with 16.6% of the vote behind the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Wayne_David" title="Wayne David">Wayne David</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2015results_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015results-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2017, he was selected as the Conservative candidate for <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)">Aldershot</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times"><i>Financial Times</i></a> called his selection "the highest-profile tussle over a candidate choice, [in which] the party leadership rejected a request from activists in Aldershot to be allowed to consider <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hannan" title="Daniel Hannan">Daniel Hannan</a>, the prominent Eurosceptic MEP, for the safe Tory seat".<sup id="cite_ref-ft_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Docherty was elected to Parliament as MP for Aldershot with 55.1% of the vote and a majority of 11,518.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> he sat on the Defence Committee and Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee).<sup id="cite_ref-parliamentbiodocherty_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliamentbiodocherty-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He backed <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 Conservative Party leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 July 2019, Johnson appointed Docherty as an Assistant Government Whip. </p><p>In September 2019, Leo's brother Paddy Docherty wrote an open letter to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> urging him to resign, writing: "Now I am simply appalled that this government, of which you are sadly a part, has become the principal threat to the lives and liberties of the people. Please do the decent thing, and resign".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, Docherty was re-elected as MP for Aldershot with an increased vote share of 58.4% and an increased majority of 16,698.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 April 2021 Docherty succeeded <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer_(politician)" title="Johnny Mercer (politician)">Johnny Mercer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Veterans%27_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Defence People">Minister for Defence People</a> on 7 July 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 March 2024, Docherty replaced <a href="/wiki/James_Heappey" title="James Heappey">James Heappey</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Armed_Forces" title="Minister of State for the Armed Forces">Minister of State for the Armed Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a> by <a href="/wiki/Nus_Ghani" title="Nus Ghani">Nus Ghani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, Docherty was reselected as the Conservative candidate for Aldershot at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Baker_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Baker (British politician)">Alex Baker</a> of the Labour Party amidst a strong nationwide swing away from the Conservatives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gulf_States">Gulf States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gulf States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Middle_East_Council" title="Conservative Middle East Council">Conservative Middle East Council</a> and since serving as an MP, Docherty has frequently praised the work of the governments in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and has been subject to some criticism from opposition MPs and journalists, such as <a href="/wiki/Peter_Oborne" title="Peter Oborne">Peter Oborne</a> for his links and his failure to always declare his register of interests when speaking on the subject in Parliament. However, Docherty has denied any conflict of interest and, as Director of the Conservative Middle East Council, responded to criticism of donations received there as not having influenced decision-making within the group.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Docherty's trips were worth £26,893 in total and were the highest valued of any MP's trips during the year following the 2017 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married to Lucy Docherty and they have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign_medals">Campaign medals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campaign medals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="center"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraq_Medal_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg/40px-OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg/60px-OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg/80px-OSM_for_Afghanistan_w_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Operational_Service_Medal_for_Afghanistan" title="Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan">Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan</a></td> <td> <ul><li>With clasp "AFGHANISTAN"</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit 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A Soldier's Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan</i>, Faber and Faber, London 2007, ISBN</li></ul> <p>978-0-571-23688-6 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Docherty&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/id=4600/BasicDetails/">"Members' Names Data Platform query"</a>. 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