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2020</div></td></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:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2017 Scottish Labour leadership election">Acting</a></b></span><br />29 August 2017 – 15 November 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></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/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</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/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</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/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> (acting)</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/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 August 2015 – 16 December 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Kezia Dugdale</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Kezia Dugdale</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/Lesley_Laird" title="Lesley Laird">Lesley Laird</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;"><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/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />6 May 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/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 January 2014 – 23 March 2016</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/Helen_Eadie" title="Helen Eadie">Helen Eadie</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/Annabelle_Ewing" title="Annabelle Ewing">Annabelle Ewing</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2018–2019</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government</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">2019–2020</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_the_Constitution,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" title="Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Brexit and the Constitution</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_Transport,_Infrastructure_and_Connectivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity</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">Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-11-30</span>) </span>30 November 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, UK</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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Danielle_Rowley" title="Danielle Rowley">Danielle</a></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_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alexrowley.org">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley</b> (born 30 November 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a> from 2015 to 2017 and acting <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">leader of the party</a> from August to November 2017. He has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) since <a href="/wiki/2014_Cowdenbeath_by-election" title="2014 Cowdenbeath by-election">2014</a>, firstly for the <a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a> constituency and the <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> region since <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a>. He has been described as being on the <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">political left</a> of the party. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a>, Rowley studied <a href="/wiki/Community_education" title="Community education">community education</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> before serving as <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party">General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Fife_Council" title="Fife Council">Fife Council</a>. First elected to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> at a <a href="/wiki/2014_Cowdenbeath_by-election" title="2014 Cowdenbeath by-election">by-election in January 2014</a>, he lost <a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a> to <a href="/wiki/Annabelle_Ewing" title="Annabelle Ewing">Annabelle Ewing</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 election</a>. However, he was returned as an <a href="/wiki/Additional_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member system">additional member</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a>. </p><p>Following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>, he served as acting <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2017 Scottish Labour leadership election">2017 Scottish Labour leadership election</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government</a> from 2018 to 2019 and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_the_Constitution,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" title="Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Brexit and Constitutional Relations</a> from 2019 to 2020. He is currently <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Transport,_Infrastructure_and_Connectivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a> and raised in <a href="/wiki/Kelty" title="Kelty">Kelty</a>, Rowley was educated at <a href="/wiki/St_Columba%27s_Roman_Catholic_High_School,_Dunfermline" title="St Columba's Roman Catholic High School, Dunfermline">St Columba's High School</a> in Dunfermline.<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> He studied for an MA Honours in sociology and politics at <a href="/wiki/Newbattle_Abbey#College" title="Newbattle Abbey">Newbattle Abbey College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dalkeith" title="Dalkeith">Dalkeith</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> and later for an MSc in <a href="/wiki/Community_education" title="Community education">community education</a> at Edinburgh.<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> </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=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rowley was <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party">General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party</a> for one year, from May 1998 to May 1999. He was first elected to <a href="/wiki/Fife_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Fife Regional Council">Fife Regional Council</a> in 1990 when he was Chairman of Finance, and he later became the first leader of the new <a href="/wiki/Fife_Council" title="Fife Council">Fife Council</a>, a position he returned to in 2012 until his election to the Scottish Parliament in 2014.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prior to his election to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, Rowley was a <a href="/wiki/Fife_Council" title="Fife Council">Fife Council</a> member (<a href="/wiki/2007_Fife_Council_election" title="2007 Fife Council election">re-elected in 2007</a>) and Labour Council Group Leader.<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> He worked as an education official with the <a href="/wiki/Trades_Union_Congress" title="Trades Union Congress">TUC</a> and worked for five years as an assistant, election agent and constituency manager to <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a>. Despite being on the <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">political left-wing</a> of the party, he was considered Brown's <a href="/wiki/Right-hand_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-hand man">right-hand man</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Protégé">protégé</a> (Brown was one of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s key partners during the <a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a> era).<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-vecono_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vecono-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament election</a> as a Labour candidate for <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party">Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rowley declared his candidacy for the Scottish Labour Party's <a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015 deputy leadership election</a>, and was supported in his candidacy by trade unions <a href="/wiki/Associated_Society_of_Locomotive_Engineers_and_Firemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen">ASLEF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communication_Workers_Union_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communication Workers Union (UK)">CWU</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)" title="National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)">NUM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Co-Operative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Co-Operative Party">Scottish Co-Operative Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Health_Association" title="Socialist Health Association">Socialist Health Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transport_Salaried_Staffs%27_Association" title="Transport Salaried Staffs' Association">TSSA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Construction,_Allied_Trades_and_Technicians" title="Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians">UCATT</a>, and <a href="/wiki/UNISON" class="mw-redirect" title="UNISON">UNISON</a>. He comfortably won the first round preferences of votes from the labour party membership and secured victory with over half the votes in the second round of voting. He was elected on 15 August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Kezia Dugdale's resignation, he took over as acting <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a>, until the new leader was elected.<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> </p><p>In September 2017, a leaked recording that was taken without permission and sold to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scottish_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="The Scottish Sun">The Scottish Sun</a></i>, featuring Rowley at the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_Conference" title="Labour Party Conference">Labour Party Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a>, led to accusations of a plot to oust Dugdale and replace her with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a>. Rowley said he backed Leonard to become leader to a member of the public, as well as party member, in a conversation that turned out to be a freelance journalist secretly recording the conversation undercover. Rowley had stated he would remain neutral, but was unaware of being recorded by what turned out to be a journalist trying to sell a story. He apologised for the leaked recording, but strenuously denied being involved in or even aware of any plots within the Labour Party to remove Dugdale.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Cabinet">Shadow Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shadow Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From October 2018 to September 2019, Rowley served 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 Communities and Local Government</a>.<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> During the 2019 Scottish budget process, Rowley was reprimanded by the Scottish Labour leader due to Rowley's personal discussions with the SNP Finance Secretary about supporting the budget in exchange for cuts to local government being substituted for Higher Education cuts in breach of Scottish Labour Party policy and undermining the budget spokesperson <a href="/wiki/James_Kelly_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Kelly (Scottish politician)">James Kelly</a>.<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>Rowley became <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_the_Constitution,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" title="Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs">Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Brexit and Constitutional Relations</a> in September 2019.<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> In November 2020, he was moved to the role of shadow economy minister.<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> He nominated <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lennon" title="Monica Lennon">Monica Lennon</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-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> won the leadership election, he promoted Rowley to Shadow <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Transport,_Infrastructure_and_Connectivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity">Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity</a>.<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> </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=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rowley has three adult children, a granddaughter, and a grandson. He is the father of <a href="/wiki/Danielle_Rowley" title="Danielle Rowley">Danielle Rowley</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a> from the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a> until the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>. </p><p>On 15 November 2017, Rowley resigned as deputy leader and referred himself to an internal investigation after a former partner took to the <i>Scottish Sun</i> to accuse him of sending her disrespectful text messages four years previously.<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> Former Scottish Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> and leadership candidate <a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> called for Rowley to be suspended from the party while the investigation was carried out.<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><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> Rowley claimed there was a determined attempt to use the media to damage him and his family for political purposes. The investigation concluded there was no case to answer as the party had not received a formal complaint. A party spokesperson added: "The party was approached by newspapers with unsubstantiated claims, with no evidence shared with the Labour party prior to publication in the <i>Sun</i> newspaper."<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Rowley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><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"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201218051154/http://www.alexrowley.org/school-visits/">"School Visits – Alex Rowley MSP"</a>. 18 December 2020. 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style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Quinn" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesley Quinn">Lesley Quinn</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Deputy Leader of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election">2015</a>–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Laird" title="Lesley Laird">Lesley Laird</a> <small>(interim)</small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Leader of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_governments" title="List of Scottish governments"><span style="color:white;">Scottish governments</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/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">Dewar</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">McLeish</a> (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">1st McConnell</a> (2001–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_McConnell_government" title="Second McConnell government">2nd McConnell</a> (2003–2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><span style="color:white;">Leadership elections</span></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>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 Sarwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; 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