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/>15 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2011 – 23 March 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marco_Biagi_(politician)" title="Marco Biagi (politician)">Marco Biagi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Scottish Labour portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2014–2016</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Rural_Affairs,_Food_and_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2019–2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Social_Justice,_Housing_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2021–present</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Environment,_Climate_Change_and_Land_Reform" title="Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Sarah Herriot Boyack</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-05-16</span>) </span>16 May 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Andrew Walters</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2000; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2003)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Heriot-Watt_University" title="Heriot-Watt University">Heriot-Watt University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Town_planner" class="mw-redirect" title="Town planner">Town planner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sarahboyack.com/">www.sarahboyack.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sarah Herriot Boyack</b> (born 16 May 1961) is a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> politician who has served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> region since 2019, and previously from <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a> to <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a>. She formerly represented the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> constituency from <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> to 2011. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyack was born in May 1961 in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and brought up in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lothianlife-20080522_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lothianlife-20080522-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, Jim Boyack, was an important figure in the Labour Party and the campaign for <a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20141104_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20141104-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at the state comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Royal_High_School,_Edinburgh" title="Royal High School, Edinburgh">Royal High School, Edinburgh</a>, where she was one of the first female pupils.<sup id="cite_ref-lothianlife-20080522_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lothianlife-20080522-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1979, Boyack studied <a href="/wiki/Modern_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern History">Modern History</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">Politics</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>, graduating with a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_MA" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish MA">Scottish MA</a> Honours degree.<sup id="cite_ref-sp-persinfo_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp-persinfo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became active in the Labour club, where she was a protégé of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Curran" title="Margaret Curran">Margaret Curran</a>. She was chair of the Labour club from 1981 until 1982, and chair of the <a href="/wiki/National_Organisation_of_Labour_Students" class="mw-redirect" title="National Organisation of Labour Students">National Organisation of Labour Students</a> from 1985 until 1986. During her time at Glasgow, she was involved in supporting the twinning with <a href="/wiki/Bir_Zeit_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Bir Zeit University">Bir Zeit University</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>. After graduating, she gained a <a href="/wiki/Diploma" title="Diploma">Diploma</a> in <a href="/wiki/Town_and_Country_Planning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town and Country Planning">Town and Country Planning</a> at <a href="/wiki/Heriot-Watt_University" title="Heriot-Watt University">Heriot-Watt University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sp-persinfo_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp-persinfo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyack worked as a <a href="/wiki/Town_planner" class="mw-redirect" title="Town planner">town planner</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">London Borough of Brent</a> then as a strategic planner in <a href="/wiki/Central_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Regional Council">Central Regional Council</a> in Stirling.<sup id="cite_ref-hm-201203_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hm-201203-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then became a lecturer at the School of Planning and Housing at <a href="/wiki/Heriot-Watt_University" title="Heriot-Watt University">Heriot-Watt University</a> and was Convener of the Scottish Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Town_Planning_Institute" title="Royal Town Planning Institute">Royal Town Planning Institute</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament:_1999–2016"><span id="Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament:_1999.E2.80.932016"></span>Member of the Scottish Parliament: 1999–2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Member of the Scottish Parliament: 1999–2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyack was elected to the new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999 election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> constituency. She was Minister for Transport and the Environment in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a> from 1999 until 2000. Then, she was Minister for Transport and Planning from 2000 until 2001, during which time she introduced one of Scottish Labour's flagship policies of <a href="/wiki/Free_travel_pass" title="Free travel pass">free bus travel</a> for people over 60 and disabled people.<sup id="cite_ref-lothianlife-20080522_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lothianlife-20080522-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Re-elected for her constituency in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003 Scottish Parliament election</a>, Boyack was elected by MSPs as Convener of the Scottish Parliament <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Environment and Rural Development Committee</a> in June 2003. In this role, she received the RSPB Goldcrest Award in November 2004 for the most outstanding contribution to the development of environmental policy in Scotland since devolution.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in December 2005, she was named the Scottish Renewables Best Politician.<sup id="cite_ref-lothianlife-20080522_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lothianlife-20080522-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She stood down from the committee in January 2007, when she returned to the Scottish Executive as Deputy Minister for the Environment and Rural Development.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyack lost her Edinburgh Central constituency seat in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament election</a> to <a href="/wiki/Marco_Biagi_(politician)" title="Marco Biagi (politician)">Marco Biagi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP). However, she was elected on the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> regional list as one of seven additional members. Following a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a> by the SNP in the election, Boyack co-chaired a <a href="/wiki/Review_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" title="Review of the Labour Party in Scotland">review of the Labour Party in Scotland</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a>, commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> in May 2011 and which reported back in Autumn of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 October 2014, Boyack declared she would stand in <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">the upcoming election</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20141104_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20141104-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20141028_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20141028-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She came third to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Findlay" title="Neil Findlay">Neil Findlay</a> with 9.24% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She served as a member of the Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment (RACCE) Committee during its scrutiny of the <a href="/wiki/Land_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Land Reform">Land Reform</a> Bill 2015. <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_the_Scottish_Parliament:_2016–2019"><span id="Outside_the_Scottish_Parliament:_2016.E2.80.932019"></span>Outside the Scottish Parliament: 2016–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Outside the Scottish Parliament: 2016–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyack again contested the Edinburgh Central seat in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative">Scottish Conservative</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Davidson" title="Ruth Davidson">Ruth Davidson</a>, who stood for the same constituency. Boyack was also placed third on the Lothian regional list of Labour candidates behind <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Findlay" title="Neil Findlay">Neil Findlay</a>, but did not return to Holyrood following the election since Labour won only two list seats.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2017, Boyack was appointed as Head of Public Affairs at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, the membership body for social housing providers in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_following_Kezia_Dugdale's_resignation:_2019–present"><span id="Return_following_Kezia_Dugdale.27s_resignation:_2019.E2.80.93present"></span>Return following Kezia Dugdale's resignation: 2019–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return following Kezia Dugdale's resignation: 2019–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 April 2019, it was announced Boyack would return to the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP, following <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>'s decision to vacate her seat in the summer. As an unsuccessful Labour candidate on the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian regional list</a> in 2016, Boyack was the next person on the list if a seat was vacated.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She joined the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-operative</a> group upon her return.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2019, Scottish Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a> appointed her as <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government">Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Local Government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyack nominated <a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Labour leadership election">2021 Scottish Labour leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyack backed the UK Government's decision to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment, voting in the Scottish Parliament against calls to reverse the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyack married former long-term partner Andrew Walters in December 2000. They had planned to marry in the October but postponed the wedding due to the death of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a>. The couple divorced in 2003 and they had no children together.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Boyack&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Transport and the Environment (1999–2000)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Normally, regional MSPs do not have individual predecessors and successors. 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(SNP, <a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Almond Valley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Robertson" title="Angus Robertson">Angus Robertson</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Regan" title="Ash Regan">Ash Regan</a> (Alba, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Eastern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Macpherson_(politician)" title="Ben Macpherson (politician)">Ben Macpherson</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern and Leith</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_MacDonald_(Scottish_politician)" title="Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)">Gordon MacDonald</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Johnson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)">Daniel Johnson</a> (Lab, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Southern</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> (Lib Dem, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hyslop" title="Fiona Hyslop">Fiona Hyslop</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Beattie" title="Colin Beattie">Colin Beattie</a> (SNP, <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian North and Musselburgh</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">Additional members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Balfour" title="Jeremy Balfour">Jeremy Balfour</a> (Con)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sarah Boyack</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Briggs" title="Miles Briggs">Miles Briggs</a> (Con)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foysol_Choudhury" title="Foysol Choudhury">Foysol Choudhury</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> (Green)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorna_Slater" title="Lorna Slater">Lorna Slater</a> (Green)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Webber" title="Sue Webber">Sue Webber</a> (Con)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (6 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> (3 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> (3 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Greens</a> (2 seats), <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> (1 seat), <a href="/wiki/Alba_Party" title="Alba Party">Alba</a> (1 seat) </small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(2001–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> (2007–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour leadership election">2008</a>–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011</a>–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014</a>–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015</a>–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2017 Scottish Labour leadership election">2017</a>–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Labour leadership election">2021</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party"><span style="color:white;">Deputy leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a> (2000–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2008</a>–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011</a>–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014</a>–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015</a>–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Laird" title="Lesley Laird">Lesley Laird</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2017</a>–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2020</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party"><span style="color:white;">General secretaries</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Shaw_(Labour_activist)" title="Ben Shaw (Labour activist)">Ben Shaw</a> (1914–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Woodburn" title="Arthur Woodburn">Arthur Woodburn</a> (1932–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(West_Lothian_MP)" title="John Taylor (West Lothian MP)">John Taylor</a> (1939–1951)</li> <li>Willie Marshall (1951–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Liddell" title="Helen Liddell">Helen Liddell</a> (1977–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Elder,_Baron_Elder" title="Murray Elder, Baron Elder">Murray Elder</a> (1988–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a> (1992–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a> (1998–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Quinn" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesley Quinn">Lesley Quinn</a> (1999–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Smyth" title="Colin Smyth">Colin Smyth</a> (2008–2013)</li> <li>Ian Price (2013–2014)</li> <li>Brian Roy (2014–2019)</li> <li>Michael Sharpe (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Smith_(politician)" title="Drew Smith (politician)">Drew Smith</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kelly_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Kelly (Scottish politician)">James Kelly</a> (2021–2023)</li> <li>John Paul McHugh (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 6th Scottish Parliament"><span style="color:white;">Current MSPs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Baker" title="Claire Baker">Claire Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Bibby" title="Neil Bibby">Neil Bibby</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sarah Boyack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foysol_Choudhury" title="Foysol Choudhury">Foysol Choudhury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy_Clark" title="Katy Clark">Katy Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Duncan-Glancy" title="Pam Duncan-Glancy">Pam Duncan-Glancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhoda_Grant" title="Rhoda Grant">Rhoda Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Griffin_(politician)" title="Mark Griffin (politician)">Mark Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Johnson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)">Daniel Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Lennon" title="Monica Lennon">Monica Lennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Marra_(politician)" title="Michael Marra (politician)">Michael Marra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_McNeill" title="Pauline McNeill">Pauline McNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Mochan" title="Carol Mochan">Carol Mochan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Kane" title="Paul O'Kane">Paul O'Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Smyth" title="Colin Smyth">Colin Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Sweeney" title="Paul Sweeney">Paul Sweeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercedes_Villalba" title="Mercedes Villalba">Mercedes Villalba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Whitfield" title="Martin Whitfield">Martin Whitfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Scotland_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2024–present)"><span style="color:white;">Current MPs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zubir_Ahmed" title="Zubir Ahmed">Zubir Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Arthur" title="Scott Arthur">Scott Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johanna_Baxter" title="Johanna Baxter">Johanna Baxter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Burke" title="Maureen Burke">Maureen Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Campbell" title="Irene Campbell">Irene Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torcuil_Crichton" title="Torcuil Crichton">Torcuil Crichton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Downie" title="Graeme Downie">Graeme Downie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ferguson" title="Patricia Ferguson">Patricia Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Gemmell" title="Alan Gemmell">Alan Gemmell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Gilbert" title="Tracy Gilbert">Tracy Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Grady_(politician)" title="John Grady (politician)">John Grady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Jones" title="Lillian Jones">Lillian Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kane_(politician)" title="Chris Kane (politician)">Chris Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Leishman" title="Brian Leishman">Brian Leishman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_McAllister" title="Douglas McAllister">Douglas McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_McCluskey" title="Martin McCluskey">Martin McCluskey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_McDougall" title="Blair McDougall">Blair McDougall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_McKee_(politician)" title="Gordon McKee (politician)">Gordon McKee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McNally_(politician)" title="Frank McNally (politician)">Frank McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsty_McNeill" title="Kirsty McNeill">Kirsty McNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murray_(politician)" title="Chris Murray (politician)">Chris Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Murray_(Scottish_politician)" title="Ian Murray (Scottish politician)">Ian Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_Murray" title="Katrina Murray">Katrina Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Nash" title="Pamela Nash">Pamela Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Poynton" title="Gregor Poynton">Gregor Poynton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joani_Reid" title="Joani Reid">Joani Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Rhodes" title="Martin Rhodes">Martin Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Shanks_(politician)" title="Michael Shanks (politician)">Michael Shanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euan_Stainbank" title="Euan Stainbank">Euan Stainbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Stevenson_(politician)" title="Kenneth Stevenson (politician)">Kenneth Stevenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stewart_(politician)" title="Elaine Stewart (politician)">Elaine Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsteen_Sullivan" title="Kirsteen Sullivan">Kirsteen Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Taylor_(politician)" title="Alison Taylor (politician)">Alison Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imogen_Walker" title="Imogen Walker">Imogen Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Ward" title="Melanie Ward">Melanie Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1999 Dewar</li> <li>2000 McLeish</li> <li>2001 McConnell</li> <li>2007 Alexander</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour leadership election">2008 Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011 Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014 Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015 Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2017 Scottish Labour leadership election">2017 Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Labour leadership election">2021 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href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election"><span style="color:white;">leadership election</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Outgoing Leader: <a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont MSP</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Winner</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other nominees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sarah Boyack MSP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Findlay" title="Neil Findlay">Neil Findlay MSP</a></li></ul> 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