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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 ...
In 2016, Smyth was elected to the Scottish Parliament, as an additional member representing the South Scotland region. [7] He served as Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity under Richard Leonard from 2017 to 2021. [8] Smyth nominated Anas Sarwar in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election. [9]
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 ...
Origins and evolution of Scottish Labour. In August 1888, after contesting the Mid Lanarkshire by-election, Keir Hardie co-founded with Liberal MP Robert Cunninghame-Graham the Scottish Labour Party (1888) with the support of the Scottish Miners' Federation, local trade unions, the Dundee Radical Association, the Scottish Home Rule Association, Crofters Party MPs, and the Scottish Land ...
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'.
Rowley became Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Brexit and Constitutional Relations in September 2019. [12] In November 2020, he was moved to the role of shadow economy minister. [ 13 ] He nominated Monica Lennon in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election . [ 14 ]
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This is a list of Scottish Labour MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament.