Martin McCluskey

Martin McCluskey MP
Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2025
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Assistant Government Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Member of Parliament for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Majority	6,371 (15.8%)
Personal details
Born	Martin James McCluskey (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 39) Greenock, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Residence(s)	Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Education	St Patrick's Primary, Greenock St Aloysius' College, Glasgow
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] On 7 September 2025 McCluskey was promoted again to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.^[3]

McCluskey was born and brought up in Greenock^[4] and was educated at St Patrick's Primary, Greenock, St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and the University of Oxford. He was elected as a councillor for Inverclyde Council (Inverclyde West ward) in 2022.^[5][4] Following his election as a Member of Parliament, he has resigned from his seat on Inverclyde Council.^[6]

He is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee.^[7]

McCluskey lives in Gourock with his husband.^[5] He became Inverclyde Council's first councillor who came out as gay. The couple were married on 9 November 2024.^[8]

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