2015 Scottish Labour leadership election

2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election
← 2014 21 July 2015 – 15 August 2015 2017 →
 
Candidate Kezia Dugdale Ken Macintosh
First preferences 72.1% 27.9%
Leader before election

Iain Gray (acting); previously Jim Murphy

 Elected Leader

Kezia Dugdale

The 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 16 May 2015 by the resignation of Jim Murphy as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, which took effect on 13 June 2015, following the party's defeat at the 2015 general election.[1][2] A new leader and deputy leader would be chosen following the resignations of Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale. In the meantime, former Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray took over as acting leader. On 15 August, Dugdale was elected to lead the party, while Alex Rowley was chosen to become her deputy.

  1. ^ "Murphy resigns as Scottish Labour leader". Labourlist. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy to resign". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2015.