Education
He studied at the Glasgow College of Food Technology, now City of Glasgow College, graduating with an HND in Business Administration in 1997.
He studied at the Glasgow College of Food Technology, now City of Glasgow College, graduating with an HND in Business Administration in 1997.
He defeated incumbent Gemma Doyle, winning 30,198 votes and 59.0%. He subsequently obtained a degree in Politics from the University of Essex and attended the Glasgow School of Art for his masters degree. On finishing his studies Martin returned to Clydebank and worked for a decade for the West Dunbartonshire Community and Volunteering Services (WDCVS).
He joined the Scottish National Party in 1991, and was elected one year later as Scotland"s youngest councillor to the-then Clydebank District Council on May 1992, at the age of 21, until 31 March 1996.
He was elected to the third seat of the Anderston/City ward of the Glasgow City Council on 3 May 2012 polling 1,057 votes and 19.9% and exceeding the quota on the second count, becoming a Bailie until 14 May 2015. He was then selected as the Scottish National Party candidate for the West Dunbartonshire constituency in the 2015 United Kingdom general election, in which he defeated the incumbent Gemma Doyle.
As a consequence of him becoming an Member of Parliament, he stepped down from his position on Glasgow City Council.
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He has been the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for West Dunbartonshire since May 2015.