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Sir Dugald Clerk (sometimes written as Dugald Clark) KBE, LLD FRS [1] (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine [2] [3] in 1878 [4] and patented it in England in 1881.
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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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'.