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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.
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 ...
In September 2020, Griffin quit as Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Social Security and became the fourth MSP to call for Richard Leonard to resign as Scottish Labour leader, saying "Your personal approval ratings are extremely concerning; less than half of the voting public know who you are, a majority of those who do have a negative opinion ...
Scottish Labour experienced one of their worst defeats ever at the 2015 general election. They were left with a sole seat in the House of Commons, Edinburgh South, and lost 40 of its 41 seats to the SNP. This was the first time the party had not dominated in Scotland since the Conservative Party landslide in 1959. [8]
The Scottish Executive Committee is the governing body of the Scottish Labour Party, responsible for administrative matters and strategic policy direction.The SEC officially meets every second month, with much of day-to-day party business and operations undertaken in groups and commissions.
Official parliamentary portrait, 2011. In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, Grant was elected to a list seat for the Highlands and Islands region. [2] In the 2003 election, she fought the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency but came second to Fergus Ewing of the Scottish National Party, who held the seat by 1,000 votes.
A spokesperson for the Scottish government told Fortune in a statement that the pilot program was intended to "assess environmental, health and wellbeing benefits, and efficiency gains this could ...
In January 2020, Baillie announced that she would be standing as a candidate for the post of Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party. [19] On 3 April, it was announced she had won the contest by 10,311 votes to Matt Kerr's 7,528 votes. [20] After she was elected, Leonard reappointed her to his frontbench as Scottish Labour Spokesperson for ...