Martin James McCluskey is a Scottish Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West since the

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. He was promoted to Assistant Whip on 18 July 2024.

Background

McCluskey was born and brought up in

Greenock Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...

and was educated at St Patrick's Primary, Greenock,

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and the

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. He was elected as a councillor for

Inverclyde Council Inverclyde Council is one of the 32 Local authorities of Scotland, local authorities of Scotland, covering the Inverclyde council area. In its current form the council was created in 1996, replacing the previous Inverclyde District Council which ...

( Inverclyde West ward) in 2022. Following his election as a Member of Parliament, he has resigned from his seat on Inverclyde Council.

Personal life

McCluskey lives in

Gourock Gourock ( ; ) is a town in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a resort town, seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its ma ...

with his husband. He became

's first councillor who

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. The couple were married on 9 November 2024.

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