The Scottish Liberal Democrats, for their part, have had four leaders, while the Scottish Greens have had seven conveners or co-conveners. It also lost most of their constituency seats, although its share of the constituency vote declined by less than 1%. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader", "MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader", "Scottish Labour agree to swathe of party reforms and new leader will be announced on August 15th", "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader", "Alex Rowley steps down as interim Scottish Labour leader", "Richard Leonard to lead Scottish Labour", "Anas Sarwar elected as new leader of Scottish Labour Party", Scottish Trade Union Labour Party Committee, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party&oldid=1070105841, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 February 2022, at 18:25. [61], The referendum was held on 18 September 2014 and resulted in a 55.3%44.7% victory for the No side. Read Glenns analysis here. [48], A few months later, Labour won the Glenrothes by-election in Fife. Since the review, the office has been opened up to all elected Scottish Labour politicians, including those involved in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and local government. Keir Starmer has said the "vast majority" of Labour members and supporters are "100% behind" his plans for a future Labour government following a speech launching the five missions that will be the basis of the party's manifesto. Thanks to his popularity, James is often depicted in historical novels, plays, and short stories. Following his unsuccessful leadership bid in 2017, Mr Sarwar claimed that one councillor had told him Scotland would not vote for him because of his religion and the colour of his skin. Share with Friends Add To Playlist. Copyright [13], In November 2014 the party's membership was claimed by an unnamed source reported in the Sunday Herald to be 13,500. Scottish king John Balliol, also known as Toom Tabard, was successful in taking over the reins of the kingdom out of 13 competitors for the crown, following Margaret, the Maid of Norways death. She quit the role due to issues around donations her campaign for the leadership had taken, although authorities ultimately took no action against her. He was also a successful lawyer initially. 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Yet it would be tempting to believe changing the governing party would be enough. Better known as the pioneer of Protestant missionary work in China, Robert Morrison was the first missionary from the London Missionary Society to visit China. The return of Alex Salmond to the SNP leadership buoyed the party, and after eight years in power, Labour lost to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election by the slimmest of margins - one seat. ", "Johann Lamont to resign as Scottish Labour leader", "MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader", "Jim Murphy is announced as leader of Scottish Labour party", "Election 2015: Scottish Labour leader Murphy loses seat to SNP", "Ian Murray: the last Scottish Labour MP standing", "The 2015 British General Election: a Convergence in Scottish Voting Behaviour? Coming in at the tail end of 2014 and gone by the next summer, Jim Murphy's six-month tenure is the shortest on record against several contenders. BBC Scotland News Richard Leonard has stepped down as Scottish Labour leader after three years in the post. Send a Message. Alex Rowley Julie MacDougall Craig Miller Chris Kane Ryan Smart Ewan Dillon North East Scotland Michael Marra Mercedes Villalba Barry Black Lynn Thomson Richard McCready Georgia Strachan Kaamal Bola Heather Herbert Owen Wright South Scotland Colin Smyth Carol Mochan Martin Whitfield Claudia Beamish Kevin McGregor West Scotland Jackie. To do that we need new ideas and new thinking. His mastery of Scottish politics earned Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville the nickname King Harry the Ninth. [27] 2023 West Lancashire by-election: Labour hold the seat with a 62.3% vote share, and an increase of 10.3%. Anas Sarwar became a member of the Scottish Labour party at the age of 16, but politics was already in his blood. Humza Yousaf's Aug 21 recovery plan was 'more about spin than substance'. Spokespersons are people chosen by their parties to act as a representative on a specified area of policy. The 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election was triggered on 14 January 2021 by the resignation of Richard Leonard as leader of the Scottish Labour Party, who had led the party since 2017. [16] In December 2014 the newly elected leader Jim Murphy claimed that the figure was "about 20,000" on the TV programme Scotland Tonight. Richard Leonard was elected as the partys leader on 18 November 2017. Such was the dishonest nature of his betrayal, that in the leadership election of 2020 he said Corbyn's 2017 manifesto would be the 'foundational document' of Labour under his leadership. [106] The party was criticised in the aftermath of the elections for pledging to do no deals or partake in coalitions with the SNP or the Greens, instead choosing to work with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form minority administrations in several cases. The Scottish Labour Party is a political party in Scotland. Anas Sarwar has been elected the new leader of Scottish Labour, replacing Richard Leonard who led the party for three years. Anas Sarwar is the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party. He also contested as election as a Change UK candidate. [51] However, it easily won the Glasgow North East by-election later that year,[52] which had been triggered by the resignation of House Speaker Michael Martin in the wake of the expenses scandal. To find out more about these cookies, see our privacy notice. Hospitality/Catering. A party investigation ultimately found there was no case to answer but Mr Sarwar was critical of Scottish Labour's complaints system which did not allow him to give evidence at the hearing. Biologist, pharmacologist and botanist who discovered penicillin. Fame Popularity . She accused Labour's UK-wide leadership of undermining her attempts to reform the Scottish Labour Party and treating it "like a branch office of London. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three months before the next Holyrood elections. McLeish resigned later that year amid a scandal involving allegations that he sub-let part of his tax-subsidised Westminster constituency office without it having been registered in the register of interests kept in the Parliamentary office, an affair which the press called Officegate. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Alastair Denniston was a Scottish code breaker and hockey player. In the final weeks of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election that lead was cut down and eventually reversed, and his party lost a swathe of seats as the SNP took a Holyrood majority for the first and only time. Britain's opposition Labour Party leader said on Monday he expects his party to back a new deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, and he set out plans for the economy while . [59], In July 2012, a member of Scottish Labour started Labour for Independence, a rebel group of Labour supporters who back Yes Scotland in the campaign for Scottish independence. By this time the partys structure in the nation was complex with constitu. However, towards the end of the campaign Labour's polling increased to levels around the 24% which it had received in 2015. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will address delegates at 2pm today, followed by Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray at 2pm tomorrow. In his pitch to party members, Mr Sarwar said he wanted to "rebuild Scottish Labour, and then rebuild Scotland". [2] Leaked figures obtained by the Daily Record in February 2022 showed that nearly one third of Scottish Labour members were in favour of another Scottish independence referendum. The party currently holds one[7] of 59 Scottish seats in the UK House of Commons, with Ian Murray having represented Edinburgh South continuously since 2010. Marco Biagi. He also earned the knighthood for his explorations. Meet our team in Westminster. The road outside the Russian Embassy in Kensington were painted with yellow and blue colours to mimic the Ukrainian flag. [99] They also recorded their worst performance on both the Constituency and List vote in terms of vote share, however it was better than had been predicted by many polls at the start of Sarwar's tenure as leader, some of which had predicted Labour to potentially fall to fourth place behind the Scottish Greens. [109], Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South since 2010. Leadership | AFL-CIO History has given us a plethora of political leaders, both good and bad, who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of their countries and the people living in the country. I find it astonishing that the leaders of the Labour Party and Tory Party are hand-in-glove when it comes to Brexit" SNP Westminster Leader . Hope is returning to Scotland, with Anas Sarwar paving the way for Scottish Labour to lead the nation past nationalist politics, into a new era full of promise for Scotland. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three. 9 February -. Dugdale won the 2015 leadership election on 15 August 2015, beating Ken Macintosh. The 2021 Scottish Parliament election saw Labour decline even further, achieving their lowest number of seats in Holyrood since devolution in 1999; with 22 MSPs returned to the Scottish Parliament. View Labour held marginal seats vulnerable at the next Scottish Parliament election. Despite the positive result for the party, Labour remained in third place in Scotland, behind the Conservatives on 29%, and the SNP on 37%. The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was triggered after Jeremy Corbyn announced his intention to resign as the leader of the Labour Party following the partys defeat at the 2019 general electionIt was won by Keir Starmer who received 562 per cent of the vote on the first roundIt was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election. In addition, Scottish Labour ran its own pro-UK campaign United with Labour alongside, with the support of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023. He had also been the director-general of the BBC and the minister of information under Neville Chamberlain. In his short year in the role, McLeish took on numerous official trips, memorably going to meet the Pope and also visiting the United States. Party leader - Douglas Ross Scottish Labour 22 MSPs Party leader - Anas Sarwar Scottish Green Party 7 MSPs Party leaders - Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater Scottish Liberal Democrats 4 MSPs Party leader - Alex Cole-Hamilton No Party Affiliation 1 MSP Presiding Officer -. Success is not a concept Scottish Labour have been familiar with over the past 15 years. Members, MSPs, MPs and affiliated groups will now need to choose their ninth leader since Holyrood opened for business in 1999. [57], For the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, Scottish Labour joined with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form the pro-union Better Together campaign against Scottish independence. [76], In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Labour lost a third of its seats, dropping from 37 to 24. Liverpool completed a difficult week with a frustrating 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday that did little to enhance their prospects of finishing in the Premier League's top four. Acting: 11 October 2000 27 October 2000. He also sought to boost the competitiveness of Scottish industry. MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Constituency) Twitter Email. 1:30 pm CST. In a speech in Manchester this morning, the Labour leader outlined five missions on the economy, NHS . [39] The following day, however, Brown denied this was Labour policy and that Alexander had been misrepresented during Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster. Dewar became the inaugural First Minister of Scotland.[24]. Donald Dewar led Labour's campaign for the first elections to the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999. The Glasgow MSP has also taken a firm stance against the prospect of another independence referendum which he claims is not credible as the country rebuilds after Covid. 27 February 2021 PA Media Anas Sarwar has been elected the new leader of Scottish Labour replacing Richard Leonard who led the party for three years. As deputy leader at the time of a leadership election. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Former MSP for Glasgow Region Placeholder. The immediate concern for Mr Sarwar is May's Holyrood election where party strategists are hoping the new leader can lift them from third to second place in Scottish politics. Dewar died, aged 63, on October 10, 2000, died after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Scottish Labour (Scottish Gaelic: Prtaidh Lbarach na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland.It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party.From their peak of holding 56 of the 129 seats at the first Scottish parliament election in 1999, the Party has lost seats at each Holyrood election, returning 22 . "[39] Despite this lack of backing, Alexander once again reiterated her commitment to a referendum during First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament. Give Orange. I voted Labour in every election from 1983 to 2010. [89] Leonard apologised for the UK party failing to address concerns over Brexit and for the Scottish party not having stopped what he described as the "SNP juggernaut". Scottish Labour is administered by the Glasgow-based Scottish Executive Committee (SEC), which is responsible to the Labour Party's London-based National Executive Committee (NEC). However, it gained votes and council seats and held its majorities on the councils of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire and regained control of Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire. It was led by Alistair Darling, a former Labour minister. Award-winning Scottish journalist and broadcaster Gavin Esler is best known for presenting BBC programs such as Dateline London, The Film Review, and Hardtalk. British politician Stephen Crabb, who represents the Welsh Conservatives, had initially worked as a marketing consultant and had also been associated with the London Chamber of Commerce. Apart from serving as the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War, he also played a significant role in the British expansion in India. Sarwar told Labour activists and MSPs that Sturgeon's government had grown "tired and arrogant" after 15 years, and Metropolitan Police confirming that they have made four arrests in connection with the incident. [23] This was later renamed as the Scottish Council of the Labour Party, then in 1994 as the "Scottish Labour Party".[22]. Favorite. Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the British Labour Party, gave a speech on his party's economic plans at the City of London's financial centre on Monday. Kate Forbes, the finance secretary and one of the candidates, last night said: "I fully believe in democracy and. Lamont had, by party standards, a fairly lengthy time in the leader's office, serving a respectable two years and ten months. The first elected MP from Preseli Pembrokeshire, his home constituency, he was named the 2014 Welsh Politician of the Year. On Sunday, the health secretary, Humza Yousaf, and the former community safety minister Ash Regan confirmed that they would stand in the party's leadership contest, with at least a further two. Labour Target Seats for the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election. [71] It was the first time since 1959 that the party had not won the most votes in Scotland at a general election. Adam McVey and Cammy Day Fife Council Largest group. Dewar died only a year later on 11 October 2000. Overall, the 2017 general election marked the first time in twenty years that the Labour Party had made net gains in the UK at any election. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three months before the next. [102][103], In February 2022, during an interview on Times Radio, Sarwar said: "[Labour] have got to demonstrate to people the kind of alternative we can have and the difference it would make to people's lives so they positively vote Labour, not just negatively vote against the Tories or the SNP. UK Labour leader Keir Starmer is suffering in Scotland too. Starmer will ask the public to "judge me on whether you feel . He also commanded Scotland's defence against English attacks for some time. Labour are nothing more now than a light blue Conservative Party, their silence on the U.K. having the highest gas and electricity prices in Europe just in order to increase profits for Tory donors is . He tendered his resignation to the Queen. Then came the Better Together campaign in 2014 and I was repelled, not just by the campaign, but by the Labour Party's role in it. [69] Many senior party figures were unseated, including Murphy himself (East Renfrewshire), Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) and Shadow Scotland Secretary Margaret Curran (Glasgow East). Mr Sarwar will be the first non-white leader of a major political party in the UK and has spoken in the past about the racism he has experienced as a politician. But Scottish Labour pointed out that the policy resembled plans announced by leader Anas Sarwar at the party's conference in Edinburgh last month. Former MSP for Edinburgh Central (Constituency) . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. CategoryLeaders of Scottish Labour. Kezia Dugdale offered a 'fresh start' for Scottish Labour when she was elected as leader 10 months ago with the overwhelming support of party members following its rout in the general election. [38], During a TV interview on 4 May 2008, Wendy Alexander performed a major U-turn on previous Scottish Labour policy by seeming to endorse a referendum on Scottish independence, despite previously refusing to support any referendum on the grounds that she did not support independence. The office of Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established. This piece will be updated as further candidates are announced, so do check back for developments. Richard was also an influential writer. Read about our approach to external linking. This story has been archived. [72] On 16 May 2015, Murphy resigned as leader effective 13 June 2015. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. If I'm honest, I didnt quite grip or grasp how I think hollowed out we were as an organisation, not just in terms of our political message and our political result, as an organisation I hadn't really grasped how hollowed out we were. Members, MSPs, MPs and affiliated groups will now need to choose their ninth leader since Holyrood opened for business in 1999. The Scottish Labour Party will place third-party cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. Then East Renfrewshire's MP, he spearheaded a change to Scottish Labour's Clause IV dedicating the party to working "for the patriotic interest of the people of Scotland". The exclusive Techne poll for the Express found 50 percent of respondents said. After his demise, a street in Sheung Wan was named after him. Westminster VI (18 February): Labour 51% (+3) Conservative 24% (-3) Liberal Democrat 10% (+1) Reform UK 6% (-) Green 5% (-) SNP 3% (-1) Other 1% (-) 147 137 r/LabourUK Join 10 days ago Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labour at the next election. Copyright 2007-2022 STV. Labour's defeat was attributed to their campaign being directed mostly against the government in Westminster instead of the SNP. All rights reserved. Today, Sharon Dowey, Conservative List MSP, like a fox in a chicken coop, poses unashamedly in a food bank. He said speculation about his leadership had become a distraction, just four. [21], From the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900, it had members in Scotland, but unlike in England and Wales, it made no pact with the Liberal Party and so initially struggled to make an impact. Until the Murphy and Boyack review in 2011, the office was Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament and restricted to members of the Scottish Parliament. Scottish broadcaster John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith is remembered for introducing the concept of independent public service corporations in Britain. Scottish National Party. He also supported the suffragist revolt organized by activist Emmeline Pankhurst. They were left with a sole seat in the House of Commons, Edinburgh South, and lost 40 of its 41 seats to the SNP. On 10 April, McConnell unveiled Scottish Labour's election manifesto, which included plans to scrap bills for pensioners and reform Council Tax. Scottish National Party. Vind hoogwaardige nieuwsfoto's in een hoge resolutie op Getty Images SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT As part of Transforming Scotland's Economy, we will be joined by The Scottish Government's Ivan McKee and the UK government's Lord Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. The leaders of Holyrood's five largest parties: Willie Rennie, Nicola Sturgeon, Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar, Patrick Harvie (and co-leader Lorna Slater) (Credit: Mark Hall) And in the lead-up to. McLeish's time as First Ministerwas embroiled in scandal after it emerged he received 36,000 from sub-letting his constituency office in Fife during his time as an MP. Find out more about Anas now. He was deputy head of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) from 1919 to 1942. Below is the list of Labour target seats for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. Last updated at 5pm on February 27th. Pages in category Leaders of Scottish Labour The following 9 pages are in this category out of 9 total. The 2019 general election was Labour's worst result nationally in 84 years, with their lowest share of the vote recorded in Scotland since the December 1910 general election. 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