[8] At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, the party lost 13 of its 37 seats, becoming the third-largest party after being surpassed by the Scottish Conservatives. Spokespersons are people chosen by their parties to act as a representative on a specified area of policy. The Labour leader will shortly give a speech in central London, and his comments will focus on the mission to boost economic growth. [46][47] On 13 September 2008, Gray was elected leader and promised a "fresh start" for Labour in Scotland. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three months before the next. [67][68] He also said that he planned to defeat the SNP in 2016, and would use the increased powers being devolved to Holyrood to end poverty and inequality. A party spokesman said: "Scottish Labour is committed to transforming our party to win back the trust of the people to Scotland. Acting: 11 October 2000 27 October 2000. 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. Job in Harefield Ward - England - UK , UB9 6HJ. [23] This was later renamed as the Scottish Council of the Labour Party, then in 1994 as the "Scottish Labour Party".[22]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. At Scottish Labour conference this week you will hear Anas Sarwar relentlessly focus on the future. Vote for Your Favourite Scottish Leaders 1 William Wallace (Scottish Knight Who Became One of the Main Leaders During the First War of Scottish Independence) 41 19 Birthdate: April 3, 1270 Sun Sign: Aries Birthplace: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland Died: August 23, 1305 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. Although his reign ended at the Battle of Flodden, where he was defeated, James is widely considered the most successful monarch of Scotland from the House of Stewart. Group Leader Cllr Kevin Keenan. View Labour held marginal seats vulnerable at the next Scottish Parliament election. Mr Sarwar took an active role in the pro-Union campaign leading up to the 2014 independence referendum, touring Scotland in a bus with No activists. At the 2017 general election, Scottish Labour improved their fortunes and gained six seats from the SNP, bringing its total seat tally to seven and winning a 27% share of the vote. Matt is also a Scottish Labour activist, and member of Unite. [53], At the 2010 general election on 6 May 2010, contrary to polls preceding the election, Labour consolidated their vote in Scotland, losing no seats (despite losing 91 seats across the rest of Britain) and regained Glasgow East from the SNP. Seasonal/Temporary position. From the Shadow Cabinet to your next door neighbour: together were leading the fight to build a Scotland that works for all. In addition, Scottish Labour ran its own pro-UK campaign United with Labour alongside, with the support of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Scottish Labour seizes Edinburgh council with Lib Dem and Tory help Labour installed as minority administration in capital with Lib Dem and Tory help to. The office of Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established. After the death of Donald Dewar, Henry McLeish - Dewar's right-hand man in helping secure devolution - defeated McConnell to become Scottish Labour leader and Scotland's First Minister. Biologist, pharmacologist and botanist who discovered penicillin. David Kogan, Protest and Power: The Battle for . The current deputy leader, having been elected to replace Kirsty Blackman, and also the chairman and business convener of the SNP. McConnell was re-elected as the MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw but announced he would resign as Scottish Labour leader three months later. [25] On 21 October, Henry McLeish was elected to succeed Dewar, defeating rival Jack McConnell. He was deputy head of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) from 1919 to 1942. 2. 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 24 days ago She claimed she hadn't looked at any of their policies, adding: " I don't know what they are." Kezia Dugdale's abrupt departure from the position, announced late on Tuesday, leaves the party facing its sixth leadership election in a decade. 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. James IV of Scotland reigned as the king of Scotland from 1488 until his death in 1513. It also supports Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom. Scottish Labours list for the Glasgow region was topped by former MP Anas Sarwar followed by former leader Johann Lamont current MSP James Kelly and former MSP. Labour also lost control of Glasgow and three other councils where it had a majority. Anas Sarwar wins Scottish Labour leadership race, 'Leonard's Labour leadership just wasn't working', MSP Sarwar to stand in Scottish Labour contest, Sarwar relinquishes shares in family firm, Lennon and Sarwar clash on indyref2 mandate. 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. He was elected to the chamber in its first election in 1999 as leader of Scottish Labour and became the country's inaugural first minister. [30], The coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats was narrowly re-elected at the Scottish Parliament election, with Labour losing seven seats and the Liberal Democrats gaining one. 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. 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. From 2011 to 2019, he had served as the deputy leader of the party. ", "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? Scottish Labour's longest serving First Minister and now a lord, McConnell took over from Henry McLeish in 2001 and led his party to victory against John Swinney's SNP in the 2003 Holyrood election. Full list of teacher strike dates for March 2023 in England, Wales and Scotland 01 March, 2023 If teachers are on strike today, and how schools will be affected by walkouts 01 March, 2023 When do . 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 MSPs at the 2021 election. [42][43] Cathy Jamieson subsequently became interim party leader. Copyright 2007-2022 STV. Yet it would be tempting to believe changing the governing party would be enough. This was the first time since the 1918 general election, 99 years previously, that Labour had finished in third place at any general election in Scotland. This included death threats made against his family. One problem was that then-Labour PM Gordon Brown did not seem to agree. Sent to Kolkata by Queen Victoria to introduce tax reforms, he introduced paper currency in the country, but died of dysentery. In 2008, Scottish Labour membership was reported as 17,000, down from a peak of approximately 30,000 in the run-up to the 1997 general election. 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. During a further TV interview two days later, she reiterated this commitment to a referendum and claimed that she had the full backing of current British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Labour lost 40 seats in Scotland and were reduced to a solitary MP north of the border (and it wasn't Jim Murphy). [18], In September 2017, it was reported that the party had 21,500 members and 9,500 affiliated through trade unions and other groups, making a total of 31,000 people associated with the party. Following the war, he focused on combating racism in colonial Africa and even formed a foundation for animal conservation. Forbes, the Finance Secretary, Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and former minister Ash Regan are bidding to become the next SNP leader and first minister. Apart from translating the Bible into Chinese, he also enriched Anglo-Chinese literature with his dictionaries and books on Chinese grammar. Party Leaders and Spokespersons This Fact Sheet provides a list of the current opposition party leaders and spokespersons who are MSPs. His mastery of Scottish politics earned Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville the nickname King Harry the Ninth. Meet Anas, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Meet Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Meet our Councillors from all over Scotland, Meet the different groups affiliated with the Scottish Labour Party, Promoted by James Kelly, Scottish General Secretary, The Labour Party, 290 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4RE. Ian Murray has served as the MP for the constituency since 2010, and is currently one of Scotland's longest-serving MPs. She called for reform and vowed to "reconnect Scottish Labour with its electorate", and helped set up the cross-party Calman Commission to review devolution. Here is our rolling list of the people who have so far been chosen to stand. Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane was a British philosopher, lawyer, and politician. Dewar died only a year later on 11 October 2000. Comyn died at age 32 after he was stabbed by Robert the Bruce. Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Born Darvel, East Ayrshire. Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks Fri 17 Feb 2023 11.38 EST Last modified on Fri 17 Feb 2023 18.25 EST The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has launched a detailed attack on Nicola. The Scottish Labour Party will place third-party cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. Kirsten Oswald - East Renfrewshire. The manifesto also proposed a large increase in public spending on education, which would allow for the school leaving age to be increased to 18 and reduce average class sizes to 19 pupils. Hear from Anas Join our movement Why join Scottish Labour? Metropolitan Police confirming that they have made four arrests in connection with the incident. List of scottish labour party leaders. The office of Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established when the Scottish Parliament was formed in 1999 and 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. [80] Her deputy, Alex Rowley, took over as acting leader until 15 November, when he was suspended from Scottish Labour's parliamentary party while a probe into his conduct took place. Dugdale won the 2015 leadership election on 15 August 2015, beating Ken Macintosh. Former MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) Claudia Beamish. To provide this, a Scottish Advisory Council was founded in 1915, its first conference chaired by Keir Hardie. Former MSP for Edinburgh Central (Constituency) . Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Members of a Labour front-bencher's local party passed a motion last week condemning the regime's shameless rigging of party democracy and demanding to be allowed to select their candidates without interference. Labour won the most votes and seats, with 56 seats out of 129 (including 53 of the 73 constituency seats), a clear distance ahead of the second-placed Scottish National Party (SNP). This was the first time the party had not dominated in Scotland since the Conservative Party landslide in 1959. 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The 2022 Scottish local elections resulted in Labour gaining 20 seats across Scottish local councils, with a slight increase in their share of the vote. When Gordon Brown's Labour government lost the election of that year, due to a swing to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in England, none of Scotland's Labour MPs lost their seat, and many were elected with strengthened majorities." Vote Labour get Tory! 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. [35][36] Labour did take the most votes in the local elections on the same day but lost seats due to the introduction of proportional representation for local council elections. ", "Scotland update: Is the SNP surge real? Backlash as SNP block media from leadership hustings. To do that we need new ideas and new thinking. [84][85] Richard Leonard won the leadership election with 56.7% of the vote and was elected as the leader of the Scottish Labour Party on 18 November. He worked as a code breaker during the war years. Pages in category Leaders of Scottish Labour The following 9 pages are in this category out of 9 total. 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Find out more about Anas now. Read Glenns analysis here. We're on the side of the Scots, and hope they'll join us so we can build the future together. UK Labour leader Keir Starmer is suffering in Scotland too. Meet our team in the Scottish Parliament. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, is due to address the conference on Friday, with Ian Murray, the only Scottish Labour MP, speaking on Saturday. In 2018, Mr Sarwar established the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group on tackling Islamophobia. [55] Party leader Iain Gray, who held on to his own seat by only 151 votes, announced that he would be resigning with effect from later in the year. However, towards the end of the campaign Labour's polling increased to levels around the 24% which it had received in 2015. [27] 2023 West Lancashire by-election: Labour hold the seat with a 62.3% vote share, and an increase of 10.3%. [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. [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). Akila Kanthaswamy (C) Graeme Lawrence (Lab) Simon McLean (Ind) Amy-Marie Stratton (Scottish Family Party) May 2022 first preferences SNP 2726 C 1728 Lab 1174 LD 579 Grn 296 Scottish Family. 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. All rights reserved. Proficient in languages such as Hindi and Urdu, he later explored places such as the modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan, and penned the autobiography Travels into Bokhara. [70] Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) was the only MP re-elected. Listing for: Brunning and Price. John Major (Conservative Party) 1990 - 97. 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). Starmer will also . "[66] The party's 2014 leadership election was won by Jim Murphy, an MP who had previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland and been a prominent campaigner for the pro-Union side in the referendum. The SNP went on to win an unprecedented majority in the Scottish Parliament, a result that had been considered impossible under the proportional voting system. A Jacobite, Simon Fraser was among the Highlanders who were defeated at the Battle of Culloden and later sentenced to death after being convicted of treason against the Crown. The SNP, meanwhile, swept the board, winning 56 out of 59 seats. Members, MSPs, MPs and affiliated groups will now need to choose their ninth leader since Holyrood opened for business in 1999. Sir Keir will give a speech on. Adam McVey and Cammy Day Fife Council Largest group. [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. Labour entered government by forming a coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, with Dewar agreeing to their demand for the abolition of up-front tuition fees for university students as the price for a coalition deal. Lord Gordon of Strathblane. It's doubly strange, in that the party line these days is that food banks are largely unnecessary because the main cause of food poverty is a lack of cooking and budgetary skills. Council Leader Cllr Jenny Laing. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three. 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 . It was led by Alistair Darling, a former Labour minister. Scottish Labour Leaders Can you name every person who has served as the leader of Scottish Labour? Labour had a net loss of 7 seats to the SNP. She had already been deputy leader and leader at Holyrood during MPJim Murphy's tenure, which ended with Labour losing all of its Scottish seats at Westminster bar one. Send a Message. [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. Two candidates were nominated, Anas Sarwar and Monica Lennon. [32], At the start of the campaign for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Labour were behind the SNP in most of the opinion polls. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish military leader who served as the chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Comments. 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. Starmer will ask the public to "judge me on whether you feel . Scottish Labour experienced one of their worst defeats ever at the 2015 general election. His dad, Mohammad Sarwar, was the UK's first ever Muslim MP and held the Glasgow Central seat for Labour between 1997 and 2010 - until his son Anas succeeded him. Favorite. Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329) Born north of Girvan in Ayrshire. The Scottish Labour Party will place third-party cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. 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Donald Dewar led Labour's campaign for the first elections to the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999. Mr Leonard won the race, becoming the first Scottish Labour leader to come from the left of the party. Members, MSPs, MPs and affiliated groups will now need to choose their ninth leader since Holyrood opened for business in 1999. [100] Under Sarwar's leadership, Scottish Labour have re-affirmed their constitutional position of unionism[101] which has led to a sometimes controversial selections of candidates. It was originally published by STV News on 30 Aug 2017. [96][97], On 27 February 2021, former Deputy Leader Anas Sarwar was elected Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, defeating rival Monica Lennon by 57.6% to 42.4% and promised to heal and unite the party. Last updated at 5pm on February 27th. Christopher Murray Grieve, better known by his pseudonym, Hugh MacDiarmid, was one of the pillars of the 20th-century Scottish literary renaissance. He was knighted for his achievements. By comparison, the SNP has been led by Alex Salmond (twice), John. Wallace has also inspired video games and brewery companies, such is his popularity. Follow. Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Since his death, Wallace has been viewed as an iconic figure whose story of bravery and valor has inspired several works of art, including the Academy Award-winning film Braveheart. Meet our team in Westminster. Scottish National Party. In a speech in Manchester this morning, the Labour leader outlined five missions on the economy, NHS . 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. Listed on 2023-01-24. James II of Scotland reigned as the king of Scotland from 1437 to 1460. He successfully led his country against England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Scottish politician leader of the Labour Party James Ramsay MacDonald OLD PHOTO at the best online prices at eBay. The majority of Brits do not think Nicola Sturgeon was a force for good in Scottish politics, new polling suggests. Scottish Labour. Party leader - Nicola Sturgeon Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party - 31 MSPs 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 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. So let's take a look at Scottish Labour's various leaders down the years. When he did emerge on Wednesday, . I'm ambitious for our party because I'm ambitious for our country". [86][87][88], On 12 December 2019, Scottish Labour returned to having only one seat in Westminster (Edinburgh South). 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