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! The office of Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established. 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. On 10 April, McConnell unveiled Scottish Labour's election manifesto, which included plans to scrap bills for pensioners and reform Council Tax. Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland 20152016 and since 2020. [61], The referendum was held on 18 September 2014 and resulted in a 55.3%44.7% victory for the No side. The most recent incumbent ran for the leadership against Ken Macintosh at a particularly grim moment for the party, and won handily. Remembered as the key architect of the devolution settlement, he helped produce the Scotland Act upon which Holyrood would be based. 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. Throughout the later decades of the 20th century and into the first years of the 21st, Labour dominated politics in Scotland; winning the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election from 1964 to 2010, every European Parliament election from 1984 to 2004 and in the first two elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and 2003. 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. John Comyn III of Badenoch was a magnate and baron who played a key role in the First War of Scottish Independence. [98] At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Labour lost a further two seats including the constituency seat of East Lothian, bringing their number of MSPs to 22, an all time low. But she was to resign after the referendum with an explosive statement accusing UK Labour HQ of treating the party in Scotland as a "branch office" and calling for more autonomy. Hospitality/Catering. It is part of the British Labour Party. 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. By New Statesman. The study . The party's policies usually promote social democracy and democratic socialism. Starmer will ask the public to "judge me on whether you feel . When he did emerge on Wednesday, . Dugdale then endured watching her party get pushed to third place in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election to Ruth Davidson's resurgent Conservatives. Willie Rennie Nicola Sturgeon Douglas Ross Anas Sarwar Patrick Harvie and co-leader Lorna Slater Credit. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Labour Party - structure and organisation. Clement Attlee, 1950. But Scottish Labour pointed out that the policy resembled plans announced by leader Anas Sarwar at the party's conference in Edinburgh last month. Known as The Great Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was not just a Scottish nobleman and military leader but also a talented poet. Matt is also a Scottish Labour activist, and member of Unite. John Major (Conservative Party) 1990 - 97. Matt Shiels is Co-Chair of the Young Scottish Fabians. It was formerly co-located with the offices of Unite the Union at John Smith House, 145 West Regent Street. By IsabellaLinton. Labour's defeat was attributed to their campaign being directed mostly against the government in Westminster instead of the SNP. This was the first time the party had not dominated in Scotland since the Conservative Party landslide in 1959. Here is our rolling list of the people who have so far been chosen to stand. Read about our approach to external linking. Graham Wallas was one of the co-founders of LSE and taught there from 1895 to his retirement in 1923. 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. We're on the side of the Scots, and hope they'll join us so we can build the future together. One problem was that then-Labour PM Gordon Brown did not seem to agree. Politicians and journalists have hit out at the SNP after the party decided to keep the media out of hustings that will determine its new leader and 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. Labour lost 40 seats in Scotland and were reduced to a solitary MP north of the border (and it wasn't Jim Murphy). [34] SNP leader Alex Salmond was elected first minister with support from the Scottish Greens, defeating McConnell 49-46 while the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats abstained. [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. Mr Sarwar's most high profile role as an MSP was as Scottish Labour's health spokesman and he played a key role in the concern over safety issues at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital which led to a public inquiry. Union leaders met with the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, recently for the first discussion since the strikes earlier this month. With the. Humza Yousaf's Aug 21 recovery plan was 'more about spin than substance'. In the Panelbase poll for the Sunday. Group Leader Cllr Kevin Keenan. Success is not a concept Scottish Labour have been familiar with over the past 15 years. William Wallace was a Scottish knight who played an important role in the First War of Scottish Independence. Spokespersons are people chosen by their parties to act as a representative on a specified area of policy. To do that we need new ideas and new thinking. Following the 2011 Scottish election, Ed Miliband commissioned the Review of the Labour Party in Scotland of the future structure and operation of the Labour Party in Scotland, co-chaired by Murphy and Sarah Boyack MSP. Former MSP for Edinburgh Central (Constituency) . 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. Since 2007, Jackson Carlaw has been serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament. 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 . Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. "[104] The party rebranded the following month, changing its traditional red rose logo to a red and purple thistle. Forbes, the Finance Secretary, Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and former minister Ash Regan are bidding to become the next SNP leader and first minister. 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. [109], Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South since 2010. 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 Scottish Liberal Democrats, for their part, have had four leaders, while the Scottish Greens have had seven conveners or co-conveners. The leaders of Holyroods five largest parties. Group Leader Cllr Alison Evison. [42][43] Cathy Jamieson subsequently became interim party leader. Following the war, he focused on combating racism in colonial Africa and even formed a foundation for animal conservation. 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. 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. Scottish-born British Army officer David Stirling was known for his exploits in World War II, during which he formed and led the British Special Air Service (SAS). Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. So let's take a look at Scottish Labour's various leaders down the years. Former MSP for Glasgow Region Placeholder. [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. Meet Anas Leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Labour and the . [77], In the 2017 local elections, Labour's share of first preference votes fell from 31.4% to 20.2%, while it lost over 130 seats. 2. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire) Who will Keir Starmer get to run for Labour in Islington North? Backlash as SNP block media from leadership hustings. The first elected MP from Preseli Pembrokeshire, his home constituency, he was named the 2014 Welsh Politician of the Year. 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Labour also lost control of Glasgow and three other councils where it had a majority. [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. The current deputy leader, having been elected to replace Kirsty Blackman, and also the chairman and business convener of the SNP. Share with Friends Add To Playlist. Pages in category Leaders of Scottish Labour The following 9 pages are in this category out of 9 total. 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. A figurehead of the Better Together campaign in the run-up to the independence referendum, Lamont took on Nicola Sturgeon in a televised debate in 2014. [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. All rights reserved. Reaching the heady heights of three years and three months in post (albeit the final seven in a caretaker role), Iain Gray is the longest serving party leader post-devolution bar Jack McConnell. [27] 2023 West Lancashire by-election: Labour hold the seat with a 62.3% vote share, and an increase of 10.3%. She claimed she hadn't looked at any of their policies, adding: " I don't know what they are." . The boundaries in Scotland were redrawn to reduce the number of Westminster constituencies in Scotland from 72 to 59. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three months before the next Holyrood elections. 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. A statue was built two years later to commemorate him on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. The National asked Regan if she thought she was being painted as the Alba candidate in the race, and for her response. [17], In late September 2015, following a membership boost resulting from the 2015 Labour leadership election, a total of 29,899 people were associated with the party; 18,824 members, 7,790 people affiliated through trade unions and other groups, and 3,285 registered supporters. Take a look at Scottish Labour's people. Donald Dewar led Labour's campaign for the first elections to the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999. [16] In December 2014 the newly elected leader Jim Murphy claimed that the figure was "about 20,000" on the TV programme Scotland Tonight. [39] The following day, however, Brown denied this was Labour policy and that Alexander had been misrepresented during Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster. On 15 August 2007, McConnell announced his intention to resign as Scottish Labour leader. 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. Others included more autonomy for the Scottish party and the reorganisation of members into branches based on Holyrood constituencies rather than Westminster constituencies. Seasonal/Temporary position. [40] Additionally, Brown's spokesman said: "The prime minister has always been confident of the strength of the argument in favour of the Union and believes a referendum on Scottish independence would be defeated. Anas Sarwar has been elected the new leader of Scottish Labour, replacing Richard Leonard who led the party for three years. The Glasgow MSP takes over less than three. Ashley Dalton is the new MP. It's what a leader of the opposition is meant to say. By this time, the party's structure in the nation was complex, with constituency parties, and branches of affiliated parties, but no co-ordination at the national level. Richard was also an influential writer. As accomplished, high-profile female leaders step back from their careers, I wonder whether any woman can have it all Business Insider - Marguerite Ward 18h As an ambitious woman in her early 30s, I find it painful to see some of my female role models step away from high-profile positions. This reorientation failed to put the brakes on plummeting polling numbers or the SNP's rising star, eventually leading to a crushing defeat in the 2015 general election. The motion was supported by an overwhelming majority, in which both party members and unions voted 70% in favor of the motion. He said speculation about his leadership had become a distraction, just four. He also sought to boost the competitiveness of Scottish industry. We have read the room and it is time to look outwards, says Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar Paul Hutcheon 34 mins ago Like Comments The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for Scottish. The list is ordered from the smallest to the largest swing needed for the seat to change hands. 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Sir Keir will give a speech on. List of leaders since 1999 Donald Dewar 19992000 1st First Minister of Scotland died in office Henry McLeish 20002001 2nd First Minister of Scotland resigned Jack McConnell 20012007 3rd First Minister of Scotland lost Scottish Parliament election. 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. Wallace has also inspired video games and brewery companies, such is his popularity. 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