Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

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. 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.

Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Incumbent
Anas Sarwar
since 27 February 2021
Member of
Inaugural holderDonald Dewar
Formation7 May 1999
DeputyJackie Baillie

List
No. Image Name Term start Term end Source
1Donald Dewar7 May 199911 October 2000[1]
2Henry McLeish27 October 2000[lower-alpha 1]8 November 2001[2]
ActingCathy Jamieson8 November 200122 November 2001[3]
3Jack McConnell22 November 200115 August 2007[4]
ActingCathy Jamieson15 August 200714 September 2007[3]
4Wendy Alexander14 September 200728 June 2008[5]
ActingCathy Jamieson28 June 200813 September 2008[3]
5Iain Gray13 September 200817 December 2011[6]
6Johann Lamont17 December 201124 October 2014[7]
ActingAnas Sarwar24 October 201413 December 2014[3]
7Jim Murphy
(as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party)		 13 December 201413 June 2015[8]
Kezia Dugdale
(as Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament)
ActingIain Gray13 June 201515 August 2015[9]
8Kezia Dugdale15 August 201529 August 2017[10]
ActingAlex Rowley29 August 201715 November 2017[11][12]
Jackie Baillie15 November 201718 November 2017[3]
9Richard Leonard18 November 201714 January 2021[13]
ActingJackie Baillie14 January 202127 February 2021[3]
10 Anas Sarwar27 February 2021Incumbent[14]

Notes
  1. Acting: 11 October 2000 – 27 October 2000

References
  1. "Donald Dewar". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. "Henry McLeish". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  3. As deputy leader at the time of a leadership election.
  4. McConnell quits Labour leadership Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 15 August 2007.
  5. "Wendy Alexander". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  6. "Gray becomes Scots Labour leader". bbc.co.uk. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  7. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 17 December 2011.
  8. "MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. "Scottish Labour agree to swathe of party reforms – and new leader will be announced on August 15th". LabourList. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  10. "Kezia Dugdale". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  11. "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader". 29 August 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. "Alex Rowley steps down as interim Scottish Labour leader". Holyrood Website. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  13. "Richard Leonard to lead Scottish Labour". BBC News. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  14. Rodgers, Sienna (2021-02-27). "Anas Sarwar elected as new leader of Scottish Labour Party". LabourList. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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