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Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

Head of the Labour Party in Scotland

Head of the Labour Party in Scotland

FieldValue
postLeader of the Scottish Labour Party
member_of
imageAnas Sarwar MSP.jpg
incumbentAnas Sarwar
incumbentsince27 February 2021
formation7 May 1999
inauguralDonald Dewar
deputyJackie Baillie
insigniasize200px
insigniacaptionLogo for the Scottish Labour Party

The office of Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established when the Scottish Parliament was formed in 1998 prior to its inaugural election. 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. 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.

List

Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament

No.ImageNameTerm startTerm endSource
1[[File:Donald Dewar First Minister.jpg100px]]Donald Dewar19 September 199811 October 2000last=Hassanfirst=Gerrytitle=Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019date=2022-03-24work=The Story of the Scottish Parliamentpages=289–300url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474454919-029/htmlaccess-date=2025-06-15publisher=Edinburgh University Presslanguage=endoi=10.1515/9781474454919-029isbn=978-1-4744-5491-9}}
2[[File:Official Portrait of Henry McLeish, 2000.jpg100px]]Henry McLeish27 October 20008 November 2001
―[[File:Cathy Jamieson.jpg100px]]Cathy Jamieson8 November 200122 November 2001
3[[File:JackMcConnellPortrait.jpg100px]]Jack McConnell22 November 200115 August 2007
―[[File:Cathy Jamieson.jpg100px]]Cathy Jamieson15 August 200714 September 2007
4[[File:Wendy Alexander.jpg100px]]Wendy Alexander14 September 200728 June 2008
―[[File:Cathy Jamieson.jpg100px]]Cathy Jamieson28 June 200813 September 2008
5[[File:IainGrayMSP20110510.JPG100px]]Iain Gray13 September 200817 December 2011url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7614081.stmtitle=Gray becomes Scots Labour leaderdate=13 September 2008work=bbc.co.ukaccess-date=11 February 2010}}

Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

No.ImageNameTerm startTerm endSource
6[[File:JohannLamontMSP20110511.JPG100px]]Johann Lamont17 December 201124 October 2014
—[[File:Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg100px]]Anas Sarwar24 October 201413 December 2014
7[[File:Jim Murphy.jpg100px]]Jim Murphy
(as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party)13 December 201413 June 2015
[[File:Kezia Dugdale MSP - May 2016.JPG100px]]Kezia Dugdale
(as Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament)
–[[File:IainGrayMSP20110510.JPG100px]]Iain Gray13 June 201515 August 2015date=13 June 2015title=Scottish Labour agree to swathe of party reforms – and new leader will be announced on August 15thurl=https://labourlist.org/2015/06/scottish-labour-agree-to-swathe-of-party-reforms-and-new-leader-will-be-announced-o-august-15th/access-date=13 June 2015publisher=LabourList}}
8[[File:Kezia Dugdale MSP - May 2016.JPG100px]]Kezia Dugdale15 August 201529 August 2017
―[[File:AlexRowleyMSP.jpg100px]]Alex Rowley29 August 201715 November 2017
―[[File:Jackie Baillie MSP.jpg100px]]Jackie Baillie15 November 201718 November 2017
9[[File:RichardLeonardMSP.jpg100px]]Richard Leonard18 November 201714 January 2021
–[[File:Jackie Baillie MSP.jpg100px]]Jackie Baillie14 January 202127 February 2021
10 [[File:Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg100px]]Anas Sarwar27 February 2021Incumbent

Timeline

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bar:Dewar from: 07/05/1999 till: 11/10/2000 color:leader text:"Donald Dewar" bar:McLeish from: 11/10/2000 till: 27/10/2000 color:acting from: 27/10/2000 till: 08/11/2001 color:leader text:"Henry McLeish" bar:Jamieson from: 08/11/2001 till: 22/11/2001 color:acting from: 15/08/2007 till: 14/09/2007 color:acting from: 28/06/2008 till: 13/09/2008 color:acting text:"Cathy Jamieson" bar:McConnell from: 22/11/2001 till: 15/08/2007 color:leader text:"Jack McConnell" bar:Alexander from: 14/09/2007 till: 28/06/2008 color:leader text:"Wendy Alexander" bar:Gray from: 13/09/2008 till: 17/12/2011 color:leader from: 13/06/2015 till: 15/08/2015 color:acting text:"Iain Gray" bar:Lamont from: 17/12/2011 till: 24/10/2014 color:leader text:"Johann Lamont" bar:Sarwar from: 24/10/2014 till: 13/12/2014 color:acting from: 27/02/2021 till: $now color:leader text:"Anas Sarwar" bar:Murphy from: 13/12/2014 till: 13/06/2015 color:leader text:"Jim Murphy" bar:Dugdale from: 13/12/2014 till: 13/06/2015 color:leader from: 15/08/2015 till: 29/08/2017 color:leader text:"Kezia Dugdale" bar:Rowley from: 29/08/2017 till: 15/11/2017 color:acting text:"Alex Rowley" bar:Baillie from: 15/11/2017 till: 18/11/2017 color:acting from: 14/01/2021 till: 27/02/2021 color:acting text:"Jackie Baillie" bar:Leonard from: 18/11/2017 till: 14/01/2021 color:leader text:"Richard Leonard"

Notes

References

References

  1. Hassan, Gerry. (2022-03-24). "Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019". Edinburgh University Press.
  2. "Donald Dewar".
  3. "Henry McLeish".
  4. As deputy leader at the time of a leadership election.
  5. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6946730.stm McConnell quits Labour leadership] , [[BBC News]], 15 August 2007.
  6. "Wendy Alexander".
  7. (13 September 2008). "Gray becomes Scots Labour leader". [[bbc.co.uk]].
  8. Black, Andrew. (2011-12-17). "Life and times of Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray". BBC News.
  9. (17 December 2011). "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News.
  10. . (13 December 2014). ["MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30461687). *BBC News*.
  11. (13 June 2015). "Scottish Labour agree to swathe of party reforms – and new leader will be announced on August 15th". [[LabourList]].
  12. "Kezia Dugdale".
  13. (29 August 2017). "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader". BBC News.
  14. (2019-10-04). "Alex Rowley steps down as interim Scottish Labour leader".
  15. (18 November 2017). "Richard Leonard to lead Scottish Labour". BBC News.
  16. Rodgers, Sienna. (2021-02-27). "Anas Sarwar elected as new leader of Scottish Labour Party".
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