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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">UK party leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a></td></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/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a></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/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Ministerial offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Enterprise,_Transport_and_Lifelong_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning">Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 November 2000 – 3 May 2002</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">First Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Wallace">Jim Wallace</a> (Acting)</li><li>Jack McConnell</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Henry McLeish (Enterprise and Lifelong Learning)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">Sarah Boyack</a> (Transport and Planning)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Iain Gray</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Communities">Minister for Communities</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />19 May 1999 – 1 November 2000</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">First Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a></li><li>Jim Wallace (Acting)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position 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/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </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/Paisley_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley North</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 – 22 March 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"><i>Constituency abolished</i></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"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-06-27</span>) </span>27 June 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</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/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a><br /><a href="/wiki/INSEAD" title="INSEAD">INSEAD</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wendy Alexander</b> (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Scottish politician and the former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley North</a>. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a> from 2007 to 2008. In June 2008, the Scottish Parliament's standards committee ruled that Wendy Alexander broke parliament rules by failing to register donations on her MSPs' register of interests. Wendy Alexander quit as Scottish Labour leader. In 2010–2011 she convened the Scotland Bill Committee on financial powers of the Scottish Parliament. </p><p>After leaving politics, she was appointed Associate Dean of Global Business and Associate Dean for Degree Programmes and Career Services at the <a href="/wiki/London_Business_School" title="London Business School">London Business School</a>, and in April 2015 was appointed as Vice-Principal (International) and Professor of International Education by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Dundee" title="University of Dundee">University of Dundee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2016 she was elected a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Royal Society of Edinburgh</a> for her work for the university sector.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 November 2017, she was appointed as the Scottish Government Trade and Investment Envoy for Higher Education.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander is a member of UK Government's DIT/DfE Education Sector Advisory Group and chairs the Global Advisory Board of the Times Higher Education Student.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alexander was born on 27 June 1963 in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland to Joyce and Douglas Alexander.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has a younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a>, who has served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>. </p><p>Alexander attended <a href="/wiki/Park_Mains_High_School" title="Park Mains High School">Park Mains High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Erskine" title="Erskine">Erskine</a> and won a scholarship to <a href="/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson_United_World_College_of_the_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific">Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific</a> in British Columbia before studying at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>, where she graduated with a <a href="/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification" title="British undergraduate degree classification">First Class</a> <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Scotland)" title="Master of Arts (Scotland)">MA (Hons)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Economic_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic History">Economic and Modern History</a>. She later gained a postgraduate <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a> in Industrial Relations from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> from <a href="/wiki/INSEAD" title="INSEAD">INSEAD</a>. She was awarded an honorary degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Strathclyde" title="University of Strathclyde">University of Strathclyde</a> in 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After her <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> Alexander worked for <a href="/wiki/Booz_%26_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Booz & Co">Booz & Co</a>., an international management consultancy, undertaking assignments in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adviser_to_Donald_Dewar">Adviser to Donald Dewar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adviser to Donald Dewar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Labour's landslide victory at the 1997 general election, Alexander was appointed <a href="/wiki/Special_advisers_(UK_government)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special advisers (UK government)">Special Adviser</a> to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> when he became <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a>. She was deeply involved in the preparation of the White Paper on devolution, the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> and preparations for the establishment of the Scottish Parliament, all matters she had published on during the 1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Scottish_Parliament">Member of Scottish Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of Scottish Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wendy Alexander served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) from its creation in 1999 until 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ministerial_career">Ministerial career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ministerial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this section is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Wendy_Alexander##" title="Talk:Wendy Alexander">talk page</a>. Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From 1999 to 2002 Wendy Alexander was a Scottish Government minister, first serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Communities">Minister for Communities</a>, then as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Enterprise_and_Lifelong_Learning" title="Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning">Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning</a>, and subsequently as Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning. </p><p>As Communities Minister she launched the free central heating installation programme for all pensioners without a system.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She oversaw the creation of the first social justice report, "A Scotland where everyone matters – our vision for Social Justice",<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> setting ambitious new targets for delivering social justice and defeating child poverty in Scotland, and an Annual Scottish Social Justice Report to measure progress towards those targets.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She set up the Homelessness Task Force, which led to radical homelessness legislation<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she championed the community ownership of housing by tenants including the removal of £1.6bn of Glasgow debt.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tenants subsequently voted in a referendum 2:1 in favour of transfer – the largest of its kind in the UK, involving 89,000 homes. </p><p>As Communities Minister, Alexander fought hard to bring about the repeal of Section 28 to contribute to social acceptance and greater equality for the LGBT community by removing a ban on the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the face of a sustained campaign by Stagecoach millionaire and later <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> donor <a href="/wiki/Brian_Souter" title="Brian Souter">Brian Souter</a> to keep the legislation. In the end the repeal, contained in the ethical Standards in Public Life (Scotland) Bill<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was passed by 99 votes to 17.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the final debate, Alexander said, "Repeal is not, and never has been, about the promotion of homosexuality in our schools. It is not about political correctness or, even less, about marriage. It is about building a tolerant Scotland. We know that teachers are confused about the meaning of section 2A, we know that bullying exists in our schools and elsewhere, and we know that children's organisations overwhelmingly back repeal."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander oversaw the Scottish Executive's response to the recommendations of the McIntosh Commission into the future of local government in Scotland,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> introducing a package of measures for local government<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including giving local authorities the lead role in developing Community Planning, creating a formal Power of Community Initiative (later known as a power of well-being) and establishing the Renewing Local Democracy (Kerley) Working Party on electoral systems.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Building on the work of the Best Value Taskforce, she also announced plans for a statutory duty to secure Best Value in local government services.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She also published the first Equality Statement to Parliament, established the Executive's Equalities Unit,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> announced the first Scottish-wide fund to tackle violence against women – the Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and the first national loan fund,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> administered by a new organisation – Social Investment Scotland<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – to invest in emerging social enterprises and "make it easier for the voluntary sector to emerge as an effective third force, alongside the traditional public and private sectors".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Enterprise Minister Alexander launched Smart, Successful Scotland,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a widely welcomed new economic strategy for Scotland<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supporting high-skill, high-value investment such as that by Rolls-Royce.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She launched Scotland's first ever Science strategy<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and developed a better pipeline to get ideas out of labs and into businesses, including the Proof of Concept Fund<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to stimulate private venture capital investment in emerging businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also championed the first broadband strategy for Scotland and took action to tackle the 'digital divide'.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander promoted a "learning, earning" nation including the doubling of the number of Modern Apprenticeships,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> jointly leading the Clyde Shipyards Taskforce<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to help modernise shipbuilding on the Clyde through investment in skills,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the face of the global downturn in electronics hitting companies such as Motorola launched what became the PACE (Partnership for Continuing Employment<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) initiative to help those made redundant find work quickly. As Minister with responsibility for skills and lifelong learning she promoted higher education enterprise links and championed research, modernising management<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and widening access to universities by those previously excluded.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also extended Educational Maintenance Allowances to support pupils from low income families to complete their schooling.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander launched a new international economic strategy for Scotland called Global Connections<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> realigning Scotland's international economic effort with the Smart Successful Scotland strategy,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bringing together Scotland's previously separate inward investment and export agencies into one organisation, Scotland Development International<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and created the Globalscot network<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to develop and expand Scotland's standing in the global business community. </p><p>Alexander resigned from ministerial office on 4 May 2002. Following her resignation from <a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a>'s Cabinet she became a visiting professor at the <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Business_School" title="Strathclyde Business School">Strathclyde Business School</a> and became a member, and subsequently Chair of the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee. She inspired and led the Allander Series of seminars which had the aim of encouraging fresh thinking on Scotland's economic future.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seminars brought William Baumol, Ed Glaeser and Nobel laureates James Heckman and Paul Krugman from across the spectrum of political economy to Scotland to reflect on issues such as the returns to early intervention, supporting innovation and cities as future growth engines.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She also authored <i>Chasing the Tartan Tiger: Lessons from a Celtic Cousin?</i> (2003),<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> co-edited (with Diane Coyle and Brian Ashcroft) <i>New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects</i> (2005),<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> edited an anthology of essays on the life of the late First Minister, Donald Dewar: <i>Scotland's first First Minister</i> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wrote a non-political column for young mums in the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Record_(Scotland)" title="Daily Record (Scotland)">Daily Record</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland">Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election">Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament elections in May 2007</a>, Alexander became Shadow <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Sustainable_Growth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth">Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a>'s resignation in August 2007, she announced her candidacy for Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland. Alexander laid out her vision to "Renew the party organisation, reform the policies, and reconnect the Labour Party in Scotland with its electorate".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other contenders ruled themselves out and she was elected unopposed by Labour MSPs on 14 September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Alexander believed that "the people of Scotland told us loud and clear they wanted change. They didn't whisper – they shouted it. So change we must!"<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She argued that Labour must offer radical change to regain the trust of voters, a vision spelt out in <i>Scottish Labour New Directions: Change is what we do</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a publication outlining her views on the future policy direction for the Labour Party in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Addressing Labour's Scottish Conference as Leader she spoke of the need for Labour to be the progressive party of Scotland. Alexander argued: "'Scotland' is not a political philosophy. 'Scotland' can just as easily be <a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a> as it can be <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>. The world over, politics comes down to a choice: right versus left, conservatives versus progressives, nationalists versus internationalists".<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Organisationally, she called for a new approach to candidate selection, including primary systems to give all Labour supporters a chance to be involved in choosing their local member. Policy initiatives included establishing a Literacy Commission with <a href="/wiki/Rhona_Brankin" title="Rhona Brankin">Rhona Brankin</a> to investigate child literacy standards in <a href="/wiki/Scottish_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish schools">Scottish schools</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (subsequently embraced by all parties in the Parliament),<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supporting investment in the early years, including nursery places for all vulnerable 2-year-olds, more one-on-one tuition in schools, personalised care plans for those with chronic conditions and legislation providing for a modern apprenticeship for every qualified school leaver who sought one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calman_Commission">Calman Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Calman Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Scottish_Devolution" title="Commission on Scottish Devolution">Commission on Scottish Devolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">Scotland Act 2012</a></div> <p>Alexander made a speech at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day" title="Saint Andrew's Day">Saint Andrew's Day</a> 2007 in which she set out the case for a wide-ranging review of the <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolution settlement</a>, with a view to identifying possible areas for reform.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The speech laid out her proposals for "a more balanced <a href="/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">home rule</a> package" including greater financial <a href="/wiki/Accountability" title="Accountability">accountability</a> and new tax powers for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> (a cause that she had first championed when she led the Allander Series) in order that the "Union become a more comfortable home for all its members".<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said "Scotland wants to see a future that allows her to walk taller within the UK without walking out" and called for a new "expert-led and independent" Scottish constitutional commission. </p><p>As the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, she set this in motion by working with the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders to set up the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Scottish_Devolution" title="Commission on Scottish Devolution">Commission on Scottish Devolution</a> (aka the Calman Commission) in a "bold cross-party, cross-border initiative".<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The review was established by a vote of the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Calman Commission became a unique Scottish Parliament-UK Government joint venture which reported back to the Parliament in June 2009 proposing wide-ranging changes in the financing of the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alexander wrote then "history teaches that constitutional reform has never been gifted to Scotland. It has to be fought and argued for... Calman will shape the next phase of Scotland's journey…[with] a range of common sense measures to improve relationships".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On St. Andrew's Day 2010, three years to the day after Alexander's call for a Commission, the UK Government introduced a new Scotland Bill. The proposals in the bill closely followed the commission's recommendations and proposed major new financial powers worth £12 billion, giving Holyrood control of a third of its budget. Under the legislation, Holyrood will set a Scottish income tax rate each year from 2015, applying equally to the basic, high and additional rates. The UK Government called it the "biggest transfer of fiscal powers to Scotland since the creation of the Union."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2010 Alexander was appointed convener of the Scottish Parliament's Committee to report on the bill. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_independence_referendum">Scottish independence referendum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Scottish independence referendum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Referendum_(Scotland)_Bill,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendum (Scotland) Bill, 2010">Referendum (Scotland) Bill, 2010</a></div> <p>During a TV interview on 4 May 2008, Wendy Alexander suggested that she would be willing to support a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> saying "Bring it on!" It was a bold move, but led to suggestions of a rift between her and the Prime Minister, who did not overtly back her.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 May, at <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a>, Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> stated that she was not, in fact, offering Labour's support for an immediate referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions_(Scottish_Parliament)" title="First Minister's Questions (Scottish Parliament)">First Minister's Questions</a> in the Scottish Parliament, on 8 May, Alexander asked <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> to bring forward a referendum bill at the first opportunity. <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> declined the offer of Labour support for a referendum, preferring to delay by at least a further year, saying "We will stick to what was laid out in pages 8 and 15 of the SNP manifesto".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resignation_over_foreign_donation">Resignation over foreign donation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Resignation over foreign donation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_proxy_and_undeclared_donations_(2007)" title="Labour Party proxy and undeclared donations (2007)">Labour Party proxy and undeclared donations (2007)</a></div> <p>In 2007, a controversy developed after it emerged that Alexander's campaign team had accepted a £950 impermissible donation from Paul Green, a property magnate,<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a matter that was investigated by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)" title="Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)">Electoral Commission</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Police" title="Strathclyde Police">Strathclyde Police</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When it emerged that the donation of £950 had come from a personal account, and not a business account, the money was immediately forfeited. Further newspaper reports on 30 November indicated Alexander was aware of the identity of the donor, after having sent a personal letter of gratitude to Mr Green (at his home in <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>) concerning the donation.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Mr Green was not registered as an elector in the United Kingdom this barred him from donating to a UK-based party. However, the Electoral Commission concluded in February 2008 that Alexander had taken 'significant steps' to comply with funding regulations and decided there was no basis for further action.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the Electoral Commission ruling, they also stated that Alexander "did not take all reasonable steps" and that "there is not sufficient evidence to establish that an offence has been committed".<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These mixed messages have resulted in a number of people questioning the decision, including <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> the head of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> who likened the result to a <i><a href="/wiki/Not_proven" title="Not proven">not proven</a></i> verdict.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a separate development, a few days earlier in February 2008, the Scottish Parliament standards watchdog reported Alexander to the <a href="/wiki/Procurator_fiscal" title="Procurator fiscal">procurator fiscal</a> for failing to declare as gifts the donations that were made to the fund for her campaign for the leadership of the Labour Party in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alexander had been told by the parliamentary authorities that there was no need to declare these donations as gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-Labour_leader_faces_one-day_ban_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Labour_leader_faces_one-day_ban-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In previous leadership campaigns, campaign donations were not treated as gifts. Again the subsequent investigation led to a decision by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office</a> to take no further action.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite this ruling, on 26 June 2008, on the eve of the Parliamentary summer recess, the SNP-led Standards Committee of the Parliament voted 4 to 3 to propose a one-day ban from the Scottish Parliament<sup id="cite_ref-Labour_leader_faces_one-day_ban_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Labour_leader_faces_one-day_ban-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a sanction for not declaring leadership campaign donations as gifts on the Parliament's register of interests. The proposed ban was overwhelmingly rejected by the Parliament in a subsequent vote in September 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, with Holyrood going into summer recess at the time, Alexander would have had to wait until September for all MSPs to vote on the recommendation. So, rather than having the issue hanging over her – and her party – Alexander announced her resignation as leader on 28 June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She subsequently stated it had been a mistake for her to take on the leadership of the Labour Party in Scotland while her children were so young.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2008 to 2011 Alexander served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee</a>. She was also convenor of the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Bill_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland Bill 2011">Scotland Bill</a> Committee, which produced the report for the Scottish Parliament and UK Government in March 2011 proposing <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">new powers</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of these proposals recommend greater <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal autonomy for Scotland">fiscal autonomy for Scotland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including improved borrowing powers, the ability to issue bonds and further tax devolution.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the Scottish Government's initial opposition to the bill they supported the Scotland Bill Committee's recommendations, with parliament voting 121:3 in favour. In her valedictory speech on the Scotland Bill, Alexander said: "This initiative has from beginning to end been cross-party, consensual and co-operative among the participating parties. [...] The bill will deliver the most far-reaching transfer of financial powers from London since the creation of the union. [...] In the future, all Scottish political parties will have to make decisions about raising money as well as about spending it. [...] The bill serves Scotland better [...] It is, quite simply, in the national interest."<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_life_after_politics">Professional life after politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Professional life after politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wendy Alexander stood down from Scottish Parliament in May 2011 to seek a new life outside active politics.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She also serves as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Market_Foundation" title="Social Market Foundation">Social Market Foundation</a>'s Advisory Board and <a href="/wiki/Reform_Scotland" title="Reform Scotland">Reform Scotland</a>'s Political Advisory Board. </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=Wendy_Alexander&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alexander married economist Brian Ashcroft in 2003, with whom she had twin boys.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has since separated from Ashcroft, now named Elizabeth, who announced their 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the Scottish Parliament</a> for <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paisley_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley North</a></span> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a>–2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Office created </b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing_and_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Housing and Welfare">Minister for Communities</a> </b><br />1999–2000 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Enterprise_and_Lifelong_Learning" title="Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning">Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning</a> </b><br />2000–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Office abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Office created </b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Enterprise,_Transport_and_Lifelong_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning">Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning</a> </b><br />2001–2002 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland_in_the_Scottish_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland in the Scottish Parliament (page does not exist)">Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland in the Scottish Parliament</a> </b><br />2007–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="navbox-styles"><style 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href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cripps,_1st_Baron_Parmoor" title="Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor">Cripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ponsonby,_1st_Baron_Ponsonby_of_Shulbrede" title="Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede">Ponsonby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Snell,_1st_Baron_Snell" title="Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Addison,_1st_Viscount_Addison" title="Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt" title="William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt">Jowitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Hillsborough" title="A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Pakenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton" title="Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Shepherd,_2nd_Baron_Shepherd" title="Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd">Shepherd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Peart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard" title="Ivor Richard">Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jay,_Baroness_Jay_of_Paddington" title="Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Williams,_Baron_Williams_of_Mostyn" title="Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Amos,_Baroness_Amos" title="Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos">Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Royall,_Baroness_Royall_of_Blaisdon" title="Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon">Royall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Smith of Basildon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Scottish Labour 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/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Dewar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">McLeish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Gray</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Rowley</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Baillie</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Sarwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">PLP Chairs</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/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hodge_(politician)" title="John Hodge (politician)">Hodge</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wardle" title="George Wardle">Wardle</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adamson" title="William Adamson">Adamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Clynes" title="J. R. Clynes">Clynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Lees-Smith</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Pethick-Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Pethick-Lawrence" title="Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence">Pethick-Lawrence</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Greenwood" title="Arthur Greenwood">Greenwood</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell" title="Hugh Gaitskell">Gaitskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Houghton,_Baron_Houghton_of_Sowerby" title="Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Mikardo" title="Ian Mikardo">Mikardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Willey" title="Fred Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dormand" title="Jack Dormand">Dormand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Orme" title="Stan Orme">Orme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Hoyle" title="Doug Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Soley" title="Clive Soley">Soley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Corston,_Baroness_Corston" title="Jean Corston, Baroness Corston">Corston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Clwyd" title="Ann Clwyd">Clwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Watts,_Baron_Watts" title="David Watts, Baron Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cryer" title="John Cryer">Cryer</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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title="Wayne David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Donnelly" title="Alan Donnelly">Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Murphy_(British_politician)" title="Simon Murphy (British politician)">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Titley" title="Gary Titley">Titley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenis_Willmott" title="Glenis Willmott">Willmott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Corbett" title="Richard Corbett">Corbett</a></li></ul> </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" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Scottish_Labour" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#E4003B; 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party"><span style="color:white;">Leaders</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/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a> (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a> (2001–2007)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">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 href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Scottish_Labour" title="Organisation of Scottish Labour"><span style="color:white;">Organisation</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 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Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jackson_(advocate)" title="Gordon Jackson (advocate)">Gordon Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Jackson" title="Sylvia Jackson">Sylvia Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jamieson" title="Margaret Jamieson">Margaret Jamieson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kerr_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)">Andy Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Livingstone" title="Marilyn Livingstone">Marilyn Livingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Macdonald" title="Lewis Macdonald">Lewis Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_MacKay_(Scottish_politician)" title="Angus MacKay (Scottish politician)">Angus MacKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Maclean" title="Kate 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<li><a href="/wiki/Des_McNulty" title="Des McNulty">Des McNulty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Morrison_(politician)" title="Alasdair Morrison (politician)">Alasdair Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristow_Muldoon" title="Bristow Muldoon">Bristow Muldoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Mulligan" title="Mary Mulligan">Mary Mulligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Murray" title="Elaine Murray">Elaine Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Oldfather" title="Irene Oldfather">Irene Oldfather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Peacock" title="Peter Peacock">Peter Peacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Peattie" title="Cathy Peattie">Cathy Peattie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Simpson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Richard Simpson (Scottish politician)">Richard Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Elaine Smith (Scottish politician)">Elaine Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Thomson" title="Elaine Thomson">Elaine 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