2021 Scottish Labour leadership election

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2021 Scottish Labour leadership election
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  Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg MonicaLenon3x4.jpg
Candidate Anas Sarwar Monica Lennon
Percentage57.6%42.4%
Leader before election

Jackie Baillie (acting)
Richard Leonard

Elected Leader

Anas Sarwar

The 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election was triggered on 14 January 2021 by the resignation of Richard Leonard as leader of the Scottish Labour Party, who had led the party since 2017. Two candidates were nominated, Anas Sarwar and Monica Lennon.

Contents

Ballots opened on 9 February and closed on 26 February. Sarwar was elected as leader on 27 February, winning 57.6% of the vote to Lennon's 42.4%.

Background

Richard Leonard was elected as the leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2017 when he defeated Anas Sarwar to win with 56.7% of the vote. In the 2019 European Parliament election, the party lost its two seats in European Parliament for the Scotland constituency, and in the 2019 general election, the party lost six of its seven Scottish MPs. [1] Scottish Labour figures including Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) had called for him to resign during 2020 over the party's poor performance in opinion polls. [2] A motion of no confidence in Leonard was proposed at the party's SEC (Scottish Executive Committee) but withdrawn due to a lack of support. [3] Leonard resigned on 14 January 2021, saying that speculation about his leadership was a distraction from the party's message. [4] [5]

Procedure

On 16 January, the Scottish Labour Executive Committee met and approved the procedure and timetable for the leadership election. [6] Candidates needed to declare their intention to run by midnight on 17 January, with nominations opening the following day. To be formally nominated, a candidate needs to be nominated by at least four of the party's 23 MSPs or by the party's only MP, Ian Murray. [7]

Timetable

DateEvent
18 JanuaryNominations open
19 JanuarySupporting nominations open; hustings period opens
20 JanuaryLatest date to join in order to vote
26 JanuarySupporting nominations close
9 FebruaryBallot opens
26 FebruaryBallot closes
27 FebruaryResult announcement

Campaign

On 16 January 2021, Anas Sarwar, the party's constitution spokesperson and a candidate in the 2017 Scottish Labour leadership election, announced in an article in The Guardian that he was standing in the election, saying that the Scottish Government should focus on achieving equality rather than independence. [8] On 18 January, over a quarter of Scottish Labour councillors signed a letter endorsing Sarwar as leader. [9]

Monica Lennon, the party's health spokesperson, announced she was standing on Twitter on 17 January. [7] In 2020, she had called for the Scottish Labour Party to split from the UK-wide Labour Party. [10]

On 19 January, it was announced that both candidates had received the required nominations for them to progress to the next stage. [11]

On the same day as both candidates received the required nominations for the next stage, Lennon told The Herald that she supported Scottish Labour being the party of devo-max and believed that the party should not block a second independence referendum. She did not support a referendum being held at the current time due to the "pandemic and the need for economic recovery." [12]

On 21 January, Sarwar published an article in LabourList establishing his priorities. In the article, he called for modernisation and professionalism in campaigning and set his agenda focusing on "poverty, inequality, schools, health and jobs." [13]

On 2 February, Lennon laid out her vision on ending child poverty within a decade which was published in the Daily Record. She pledged to increase the child payment to £30 a week, provide funding to councils to provide extra support and to provide affordable homes for all. [14]

On 9 February, BBC Scotland hosted a debate between the two candidates. Both candidates discussed their positions on Scottish independence, with Sarwar laying out his opposition to another referendum on independence. Additionally, both candidates suggested that Scottish income taxes should be increased, with Sarwar supporting a 5% increase for the highest tax band and a 2% increase for people earning over £100,000 while Lennon called for a 'national conversation' to look at the wider range of taxes while also supporting an increase for top earners. [15]

On 10 February, Lennon called for increased investment into broadband, claiming that her plan would improve productivity and innovation as well as generating More high skilled jobs. Her proposal was supported by the Communications Workers Union. [16]

On 15 February, Lennon was interviewed by LabourList in which she discussed her support for a 'third option' on any future independence referendum. Additionally she advocated for a 'bottom-up' approach to Labour's plans for devolution compared to the constitution commission established by the Leader of the National Party Keir Starmer. [17]

On 21 February, Lennon pledged to make free universal music tuition in state schools a manifesto pledge if she was elected leader, this policy was welcomed by Stuart Braithwaite. [18]

Lennon wrote an op-ed in Pink News , in which she voiced her support for reforming the Gender Recognition Act and criticised the SNP government for not doing it already. "I have spoken out to condemn the transphobia that so many trans and non-binary people face on a daily basis. I believe that we have a duty to stand by those who are being unfairly marginalised, and I will stand by the trans community now," she said. "Trans people should not have to go through a bureaucratic and dehumanising process to have the law recognise who they already are." [19]

Hustings

Several hustings were organised across late January to February. [20] [21]

DateHustings
25 January 2021North East Scotland/Highlands & Islands
30 January 2021West Scotland/Mid Scotland & Fife
3 February 2021Glasgow/Central Scotland
6 February 2021Lothian/South Scotland
13 February 2021Scottish Labour Women’s Hustings
16 February 2021 LGBT+ Labour Scotland Hustings
20 February 2021 Scottish Young Labour Hustings

Candidates

CandidateBornPolitical officeAnnounced
MonicaLennonMSP.jpg
Monica Lennon 		7 January 1981
Bellshill, Scotland 		Health spokesperson (since 2018)
MSP for Central Scotland (since 2016)
Communities spokesperson (2017–2018)		17 January 2021 [22] [7]
Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg
Anas Sarwar 		14 March 1983
Glasgow, Scotland 		Constitution spokesperson (since 2020)
MSP for Glasgow (since 2016)
Deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2011–2014)
MP for Glasgow Central (2010–2015)		16 January 2021 [23]

Declined

The following people were speculated about as potential candidates but declined to stand.

Nominations

The table below shows the number of nominations achieved by each candidate. Both candidates have received enough nominations to proceed to the next stage. [26]

CandidateLabour MPs and MSPs
Nominations%
Anas Sarwar
17 / 24
Monica Lennon
5 / 24

List of nominations

Below is a list the MPs and MSPs who nominated each candidate. Both candidates also nominated themselves. [26]

Monica Lennon

Anas Sarwar

Endorsements and supporting nominations

Supporting nominations by CLP Map of the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election CLP nominations.svg
Supporting nominations by CLP

Monica Lennon

Labour politicians

Organisations

Anas Sarwar

Labour politicians

Organisations

Results

Results were announced on 27 February 2021. [49] [50]

CandidateParty
members		Affiliated
supporters		Total
 % % %
Anas Sarwar 61.21%49.31%
57.56%
Monica Lennon 38.75%50.64%
42.44%

Opinion polls

Best Leader

PollsterClientDates
conducted		Sample
size		Group Monica
Lennon 		Anas
Sarwar 		Don’t
know
Ipsos MORI Archived 26 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine [a] STV News15–21 Feb 20211,031All voters25%28%44%
142 Labour supporters35%40%25%
209 Conservative supporters21%34%40%
456 SNP supporters29%26%43%

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