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Martin Daubney

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Martin Daubney
Daubney (left) in 2006
Deputy Leader of the Reclaim Party
In office
11 September 2021 – August 2022
LeaderLaurence Fox
Member of the European Parliament
forWest Midlands
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byJill Seymour
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Martin Edward Daubney

(1970-06-22)22 June 1970(age 54)
Nottingham,Nottinghamshire,England
Political partyReclaim Party(2021–)
Other political
affiliations		Brexit Party(2019)
Labour(until 2010)
Children2
EducationCarlton le Willows School
Alma materUniversity of Manchester

Martin Edward Daubney(born 22 June 1970) is a British commentator, journalist and former politician who was the deputy leader of theReclaim Partyfrom 2021 until August 2022.[1]Daubney was aBrexit PartyMember of the European Parliament(MEP) for theWest Midlandsfrom 2019 to 2020. He was the longest-serving editor of the men's lifestyle magazineLoaded.

Early life

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Daubney was born on 22 June 1970 inNottingham.[2]He grew up inGedling,Nottinghamshire.His father was a coal miner and his mother was a teacher. He has one sister.[3][4]He studied geography at theUniversity of Manchester,and was the first man in his family to graduate from university.[4]

Magazine and TV career

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Daubney's first job in journalism was as a researcher for the women's magazineBellain 1995.[5]Two years later, he was promoted to commissioning editor. Daubney then became the features editor for the men's lifestyle magazine,FHMin the late 1990s. After this, he was the editor ofpage3.comfor the tabloid newspaperThe Sun.He then wrote articles for the sports section of the tabloid newspaperNews of the Worldbefore becoming the deputy editor of the men's lifestyle magazineLoadedin February 2003. In September that year, he was promoted to editor.[6]In 2007, he organised astraight pridemarch as he felt thatheterosexualitywas being "undermined" and becoming "unfashionable".[7][8]

Daubney leftLoadedin November 2010, after sales that peaked in the second half of 1998 to an average of 457,318 copies a month, had fallen to just a monthly average of 53,591.[9]He was the longest serving editor of the magazine.[10]After leaving the magazine, he became a "stay-at-home dad",amid reports that he hadpostnatal depressionfollowing the birth of his first child.[4][11]

In 2013, Daubney spent six months making a documentary forChannel 4onpornography addictioncalledPorn on the Brain.[12]He supports themen's rights movement.[13]

He currently presents onGB News.

Political career

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Daubney was aLabour Partysupporter until the election ofEd Milibandasparty leader in 2010.He reports that he has also voted for theLiberal Democratsand theWomen's Equality Partyin the past. He voted for the United Kingdom to leave theEuropean Unionin the2016 membership referendum.Daubney supported ano-deal Brexit.[14]

On 25 April 2019, it was announced that Daubney would stand for theBrexit Partyin theEuropean Parliament electionon 23 May.[8]He was second on hisparty's listin theWest Midlands constituency[15]and was elected as one of its three MEPs there.[16]In the European Parliament, he was a member of theCommittee on Regional Developmentand was part of the delegation for relations with theKorean Peninsula.[2]

Daubney was the Brexit Party candidate forAshfieldin the2019 general election.[17]He finished fourth with 2,501 votes (saving his deposit, with 5.1% of the vote), behind theConservative,Ashfield Independentsand Labour candidates.[18]

In August 2021, Daubney was appointed deputy leader ofLaurence Fox's Reclaim Party.[19]Daubney was the party's candidate in the2021 North Shropshire by-election,[20]finishing seventh with 375 votes (0.98 per cent).[21]

Personal life

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Daubney has a partner Diana James and they have two children.[11][22]They met while working together atThe Sun.[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Marlow, Ben (23 November 2022)."Incredibly, the Tories have squandered another year of Brexit".Daily Telegraph.Retrieved26 November2022.
  2. ^ab"Martin Edward Daubney".European Parliament. 22 June 1970.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  3. ^"Nottingham man is Loaded's editor".BBC Nottingham.5 August 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  4. ^abcDaubney, Martin (13 October 2016)."Are men the new women? How Martin Daubney went from Lads' Mag editor to stay-at-home dad".London Evening Standard.Archivedfrom the original on 31 May 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  5. ^"Martin Daubney: My Life In Media".The Independent.9 October 2006.Archivedfrom the original on 2 February 2012.Retrieved31 August2019.
    -Luft, Oliver (1 November 2010)."Martin Daubney: I set fire to writers and blew them up with napalm".Press Gazette.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  6. ^Griffiths, Anna (4 September 2003)."Loaded editor promises to resurrect iconic lads' mag".Campaign.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
    -Dawley, Heidi (19 March 2004)."Loaded, first laddie, seeks a new youth".Media Life.Archived fromthe originalon 20 September 2012.
    -Addicott, Ruth (23 January 2003)."Daubney answers Loaded 'call of wild'".Press Gazette.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  7. ^"Loaded editor gets straight to the point".Press Gazette.16 July 2007.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  8. ^abHalliday, Josh (25 April 2019)."Brexit party: opera singer and ex-Loaded editor on candidate list".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Archivedfrom the original on 6 July 2019.Retrieved30 May2019.
  9. ^Luft, Oliver (3 September 2010)."Loaded editor Martin Daubney leaves amid sale talks".New Statesman.Archivedfrom the original on 24 July 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
    -Plunkett, John (2 September 2010)."Loaded editor steps down".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  10. ^"Martin Daubney".The Daily Telegraph.Archived fromthe originalon 23 April 2019.Retrieved25 August2019.
  11. ^abDaubney, Martin (8 May 2017)."Why we need to talk about postnatal depression in men".BBC Three. Archived fromthe originalon 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  12. ^Chambers, Chris (30 September 2013)."Porn on the Brain – TV review".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
    -Daubney, Martin (26 November 2015)."Here's how to talk to young men about porn".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  13. ^Waters, Lowenna (26 April 2019)."Brexit Party candidate 'sick and tired' of Leave voters being branded 'racist' and 'homophobic'".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  14. ^Anthony, Andrew (27 April 2019)."He shot radioactive wolves, dropped acid – and now he backs Nigel Farage".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 18 August 2019.Retrieved19 August2019.
  15. ^"2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands".BBC News.28 April 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 11 June 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  16. ^"European election 2019: Brexit Party tops West Midlands polls".BBC News.27 May 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 24 June 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  17. ^Sandeman, Kit (21 October 2019)."Labour names general election candidate for Ashfield after Gloria De Pierro stands down".Nottingham Post.
  18. ^"Ashfield".BBC News.Retrieved14 December2019.
  19. ^"Martin Daubney appointed Deputy Leader of The Reclaim Party".Reclaim Party.Retrieved17 December2021.
    -Daubney, Martin [@MartinDaubney] (9 August 2021)."Mightily chuffed to be announced as Deputy Leader of @thereclaimparty reporting to @LozzaFox There's much to do. And it starts today. Cheers all"(Tweet).Retrieved9 August2021– viaTwitter.
  20. ^"North Shropshire by-election 2021: The candidates standing".BBC News.19 November 2021.Retrieved19 November2021.
  21. ^"North Shropshire parliamentary by-election: The result".www.shropshire.gov.uk.Shropshire Council.Retrieved17 December2021.
  22. ^"Would You Let Your Husband Take Out Another Woman to Dinner?".This Morning (YouTube). 4 April 2017.Retrieved10 September2022.
    -"Couples dreading Christmas".ITV. 17 December 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
  23. ^Turner, Janice (22 October 2005)."Dirty young men".The Guardian.London.
    -White, Roland (26 May 2013)."Tabloid week".The Times.Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2019.Retrieved30 August2019.
Media offices
Preceded by
Scott Manson
 Editor:Loaded
2003– July 2012 		Succeeded by
Andy Sherwood
Preceded by
 Editor:Page3.com
February 2000 – February 2001 		Succeeded by


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