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Colin Smyth (born November 1972) is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since 2016. A member of Scottish Labour , he served as its general secretary from 2008 to 2012.
Graeme James Pearson (born 1 April 1950) is a former Scottish police officer and politician who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 to 2016. [1] A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2015 to 2016.
In the Holyrood election of 2016, Baker unsuccessfully stood in the Kirkcaldy constituency and was defeated by David Torrance of the Scottish National Party, suffering a swing against Labour of 15.8%. She was subsequently returned to the Scottish Parliament as a member for Mid Scotland and Fife on the regional list as Labour's 2nd place candidate.
Monica Lennon (née Ward; born 7 January 1981) is a Scottish politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she has served in various roles on the Scottish Labour front bench. She was the Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Health and Sport ...
Scottish Labour (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba [6]), [7] is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist, it holds 22 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is represented by 266 of the 1,226 local councillors across ...
Richard Baker [4] North East Scotland: Region 2003: 2016 [note 1] Resigned Scott Barrie [5] Dunfermline West: Constituency 1999: 2011: Defeated Jayne Baxter [6] Mid Scotland and Fife: Region 2012 [note 2] 2016: Retired Claudia Beamish [7] South Scotland: Region 2011: 2021: Defeated Neil Bibby [8] West Scotland: Region 2011: Serving Sarah Boyack ...
Martin Rhodes is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Glasgow North since 2024. [1] Rhodes previously served as a Scottish Labour Councillor in the wards of Maryhill/Kelvin (2012 to 2017) and Partick East/Kelvindale (2017 to 2022) on Glasgow City Council. He was an Executive Member in the previous Labour ...
Jackson Carlaw (left) and Ruth Davidson (right) on the Scottish Conservative frontbench in 2018. Unlike in the Parliament at Westminster where there is an Official Opposition to the government of the day, all parties in the Scottish Parliament that are not in government are all technically on the same footing as 'opposition parties'.