2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election

2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election
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Candidate Lesley Laird
Deputy leader before election

Alex Rowley

 Elected Deputy leader

Lesley Laird

The 2018 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament. It was triggered by the resignation on 16 December 2017 of Alex Rowley,[1] who had been suspended from the post on 15 November 2017 following allegations that he had sent abusive text messages to a former partner.[2]

  1. ^ "Alex Rowley relinquishes Scottish Labour deputy leader role". BBC News. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Labour suspends deputy leader Alex Rowley during conduct probe". BBC. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.