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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]
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Drew Smith is a Scottish Labour politician. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2011 to 2016, serving as Scottish Labour's frontbench spokesperson on social justice, the constitution and equalities and as Chair of the Trades Union Group of Labour MSPs.
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'.