Al Pinkerton

Alasdair Douglas Pinkerton is a British Liberal Democrat politician and academic who has been Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2024.

Early life and career
Pinkerton was born and grew up in Scotland, attending university in St Andrews. He has worked as an associate professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway University.

In 2013, he served as an accredited observer of the Falkland Islands referendum.

Parliamentary career (2019–)
Pinkerton first sought election to Parliament in 2019 in Surrey Heath delivering an unexpected 11.1% swing against incumbent Michael Gove. He spent the next five years pursuing Surrey Heath for the Lib Dems, seeing them come close to taking a number of Surrey County Council seats in 2021 and then taking control of Surrey Heath Borough Council in 2023, for the first time in its 49-year history.

Published works
"The Falkland Islands referendum" (2013)

The Handbook of Displacement (2020)