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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.
Start year End year Reason Wendy Alexander [1] Paisley North: Constituency 1999: 2011: Retired Jackie Baillie [2] Dumbarton: Constituency 1999: Serving Claire Baker [3] Mid Scotland and Fife: Region 2007: Serving Richard Baker [4] North East Scotland: Region 2003: 2016 [note 1] Resigned Scott Barrie [5] Dunfermline West: Constituency 1999: 2011 ...
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 ...
2.2 2011 and 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership elections. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Community
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.