2017 Scottish Labour leadership election

2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election
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Turnout21,994
(62.3%)
 
Candidate Richard Leonard Anas Sarwar
First preferences 12,469 9,516
Percentage 56.7% 43.3%
Leader before election

Jackie Baillie (Acting)
Previously Kezia Dugdale
and Alex Rowley (Acting)

 Elected Leader

Richard Leonard

The 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 29 August 2017 by the resignation of Kezia Dugdale as leader of the Scottish Labour Party, having led the party for two years.[1] MSP Jackie Baillie was acting interim leader for the last week of the election after Alex Rowley, the original interim leader, was suspended from the party over allegations of a criminal nature.[2]

Richard Leonard was elected as leader on 18 November 2017.

  1. ^ "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Labour suspends deputy leader Alex Rowley during conduct probe". BBC News. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.