Gregor Poynton

Gregor Arthur Poynton (born 1982) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston since 2024.

Career Poynton is from Falkirk, as are his parents. He previously tried to be selected as Labour's candidate in that constituency in 2013 but was unsuccessful. He was also reported as having paid for new members to support his nomination at the time. From 2009 to 2014, Poynton worked for Blue State Digital, an online fundraising and campaign consultancy company.

Poynton worked at the Labour head office on the subject of election strategy as a director of external engagement and for also worked Jim Murphy when he was Scottish Labour leader. From 2022, he was a partner at Headland Consultancy specialising in data, insights and digital communications.

Parliamentary career In the 2024 general election he was elected as MP for Livingston with 18,324 votes.

In the September 2025 cabinet reshuffle Poynton was appointed to the ministerial position of assistant government whip.

Personal life He was previously married to former Labour MP Gemma Doyle, but he has since remarried Labour Special Adviser (SpAd) Amy Richards, sister to Labour MP Jake Richards MP.

He has two sons.