Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Incumbent Jackie Baillie since 3 April 2020
Member of	Scottish Parliament (since 2000) Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 2011) Local government in Scotland (since 2011)
Inaugural holder	Cathy Jamieson
Formation	21 October 2000

The office of Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party was established in 2000 under the leadership of Donald Dewar. Since the Murphy and Boyack review in 2011, the office has open up to all elected Scottish Labour politicians, including members of the Scottish Parliament, the Parliament of the United Kingdom and local government in Scotland. During leadership elections, the incumbent deputy leader becomes acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

List

No.	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Source
1		Cathy Jamieson	21 October 2000	28 June 2008	[1]
2		Johann Lamont	13 September 2008	17 December 2011	[2]
3		Anas Sarwar	17 December 2011	13 December 2014	[3]
4		Kezia Dugdale	13 December 2014	13 June 2015	[4]
5		Alex Rowley	15 August 2015	16 December 2017	[5]
6		Lesley Laird	16 December 2017	16 December 2019	[6]
7		Jackie Baillie	3 April 2020	Incumbent	[7]

References

1. "Cathy Jamieson". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
2. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. BBC. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
3. "Johann Lamont named new Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 17 December 2011.
4. "MP Jim Murphy named Leader of Scottish Labour". BBC News. 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. "Dugdale named Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
6. "Lesley Laird stands down as Scottish Labour deputy". BBC News.
7. McNab, Scott (3 April 2020). "Jackie Baillie wins Scottish Labour deputy leadership race". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 April 2020.