Susan Kathleen Doughty (née Powell; born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the

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. She was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for

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from 2001 to 2005.

Early life

Doughty was born on 13 April 1948. She was brought up in

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where she went to Mill Mount Grammar School for Girls on ''Mill Mount'', whose site became All Saints' RC School after the abolition of the Grammar School scheme in 1985. She gained a CertED at Northumberland College and worked as a primary school teacher for one year. Doughty subsequently entered the field of management services and worked in a variety of organisations spanning sectors such as utilities, the ' Big 4', law practices and financial services providers. From 1982 to 1989, she worked as a freelance IT consultant. From 1989 to 1998, she was a Project Manager at

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Parliamentary career

Doughty entered Parliament in the 2001 election, becoming the first non-Conservative MP returned for Guildford since 1906 and the constituency's first ever female MP. In Parliament, she served as the Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson from 2001 to 2003, following on from her successful campaign opposing the construction of a large incinerator in Guildford. She was part of the front bench team from 2003 to 2005 and served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee throughout her time in Parliament. She was co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Waste Group (now the All Party Parliamentary Resource Group) and Secretary of the APPG for Renewable Energy. She left in the 2005 general election, when she lost narrowly to the

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candidate

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. Doughty is a

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and upon her departure in 2005, left

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without any Quaker MPs for the first time in 150 years. Doughty was re-selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Guildford for the 2010 election, however she was again defeated by Milton. Between 2010 and 2016, she was a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Liberal Democrats.

Miscellaneous

* Doughty joined the

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, the predecessors to the Liberal Democrats, in 1979 while living near Newbury. * Membership of the Environmental Audit Select committee (2001–2005) * Selected as PPC to fight the Guildford Constituency (1998) * Hansard lists the alternative names: Sue Powell (1948–2005) Sue Orchard-Doughty (1948–2005).

Personal life

Doughty currently lives in Shalford, a suburb of Guildford. She was married to David Orchard (d. 2015) and she has two sons.

References

External links

Guildford Liberal Democrats
Constituency Website

TheyWorkForYou.com - Sue Doughty
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The Public Whip - Sue Doughty
Voting Record

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doughty, Sue Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 2001–2005 English Quakers 1948 births Living people Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Guildford Politicians from York 21st-century British women politicians Politics of Guildford 21st-century English women 21st-century English politicians