Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

The office of Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established in 2000 under the leadership of Donald Dewar. Since the Murphy and Boyack review in 2011, the office has open up to all elected Scottish Labour politicians, including members of the Scottish Parliament, the Parliament of the United Kingdom and local government in Scotland. During leadership elections, the incumbent deputy leader becomes acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Incumbent
Jackie Baillie
since 3 April 2020
Member of
Inaugural holderCathy Jamieson
Formation21 October 2000

List
No. Image Name Term start Term end Source
1Cathy Jamieson21 October 200028 June 2008[1]
2Johann Lamont13 September 200817 December 2011[2]
3Anas Sarwar17 December 201113 December 2014[3]
4Kezia Dugdale13 December 201413 June 2015[4]
5Alex Rowley15 August 201516 December 2017[5]
6Lesley Laird16 December 201716 December 2019[6]
7Jackie Baillie3 April 2020Incumbent[7]

References
  1. "Cathy Jamieson". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  2. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. BBC. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  3. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 17 December 2011.
  4. "MP Jim Murphy named Leader of Scottish Labour". BBC News. 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. "Dugdale named Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  6. "Lesley Laird stands down as Scottish Labour deputy". BBC News.
  7. McNab, Scott (3 April 2020). "Jackie Baillie wins Scottish Labour deputy leadership race". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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