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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></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 May 2002 – 21 May 2003</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"><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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Wendy Alexander</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/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing_(Scotland)" title="Minister for Housing (Scotland)">Minister for Social Justice</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 November 2001 – 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">Jack McConnell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Jackie Baillie</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/Margaret_Curran" title="Margaret Curran">Margaret Curran</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"> <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">Parliamentary 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/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Scotland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Scotland)">Leader of the Opposition in Scotland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 June 2015 – 15 August 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">First Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</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">Kezia Dugdale</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 September 2008 – 17 December 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">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabeth II</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">First Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</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/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</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/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</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:#eee;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/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 May 2007 – 6 May 2021</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/John_Home_Robertson" title="John Home Robertson">John Home Robertson</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/Paul_McLennan" title="Paul McLennan">Paul McLennan</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the Scottish Parliament<br /> for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</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 – 1 May 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</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:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Scottish Labour portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">2014–2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Skills" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">2007-2008</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Enterprise,_Energy_and_Tourism" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism">Shadow Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism</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></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">1957-06-07</span>) </span>7 June 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Gillianne McCormack<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Iain Cumming Gray</b> (born 7 June 1957) is a Scottish politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</a> from 2008 to 2011. He was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for the <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a> constituency from <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a> to <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a>, having previously represented <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a> from <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> to <a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a>. A former aid worker and teacher of mathematics and physics, Gray was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> as MSP for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a> constituency, which he lost to <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives#Leader_of_the_Scottish_Conservative_Party" title="Scottish Conservatives">Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party</a> <a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a> in <a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a>. Gray was returned to Holyrood in <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a> as MSP for <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a>'s resignation as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2008, Gray stood at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election">subsequent leadership election</a>, and was elected with a 57.8% share of the vote in the second round. </p><p>Initially, Gray oversaw some electoral successes for Scottish Labour, such as repelling <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> challenges at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Glenrothes_by-election" title="2008 Glenrothes by-election">Glenrothes</a> (2008) and <a href="/wiki/2009_Glasgow_North_East_by-election" title="2009 Glasgow North East by-election">Glasgow North East</a> (2009) by-elections, as well as seeing Scottish Labour retain all their 41 seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>; despite the election overall resulting in the first UK hung parliament in 36 years, and the Labour Party being defeated after thirteen years in government. The <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament election</a> proved disastrous for the party, which lost 20 constituencies (7 seats overall) as the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> won an outright majority of seats. Gray himself was only re-elected as MSP for East Lothian with a narrow majority of 151 votes. Gray announced his resignation the day after the result, but remained in post as leader until his successor, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a>, took over on 17 December 2011. </p><p>Due to his experience, Gray was appointed as Acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party while a leadership and a deputy leadership election were being simultaneously held, on account of deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> resigning to run for the leadership and the resignation of previous leader <a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a> after Scottish Labour's landslide defeat at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iain_Gray&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gray was educated at the state comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Inverness_Royal_Academy" title="Inverness Royal Academy">Inverness Royal Academy</a> and briefly privately at <a href="/wiki/George_Watson%27s_College" title="George Watson's College">George Watson's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-THES_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THES-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied physics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> before training as a teacher at <a href="/wiki/Moray_House_College_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Moray House College of Education">Moray House College of Education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-THES_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THES-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation, he worked as a mathematics and physics teacher at <a href="/wiki/Gracemount_High_School" title="Gracemount High School">Gracemount High School</a> in Edinburgh before a teaching stint in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then spent twelve years as the campaigns director for the Scottish arm of the aid charity <a href="/wiki/Oxfam" title="Oxfam">Oxfam</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iain_Gray&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iain_Gray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Iain_Gray.jpg/220px-Iain_Gray.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Iain_Gray.jpg/330px-Iain_Gray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Iain_Gray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Gray as a government minister</figcaption></figure> <p>Having previously stood as a candidate in <a href="/wiki/Lothian_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Lothian Regional Council">Lothian Regional Council</a> elections, Gray was first elected to the devolved <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999 Scottish Parliament election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately after his election to Holyrood, he was made a deputy minister in the first <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a> under <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a>. </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a> becoming <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> in 2001, Gray was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing_(Scotland)" title="Minister for Housing (Scotland)">Minister for Social Justice</a>. After the sudden resignation of <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> (following disagreements with McConnell) in 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gray took over her role as <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning</a>, where he was responsible for overseeing changes to <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Scotland" title="Education in Scotland">Scottish higher education</a>. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003 Scottish Parliament election</a>, Gray was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Scottish Conservative</a> leader <a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a>, who he had stood against in 1999. Leaving Holyrood, he went to work in London as a <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">special adviser</a> to <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Darling" title="Alistair Darling">Alistair Darling</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a>, and initially announced that he would not be seeking re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having subsequently a change of mind, he was selected as the official Labour candidate for <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 election</a> and subsequently won. Gray was appointed as Scottish Labour's Shadow spokesman for enterprise, energy and tourism upon his return to Holyrood. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party">Leader of the Scottish Labour Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iain_Gray&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leader of the Scottish Labour Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> over <a href="/wiki/Labour_party_proxy_and_undeclared_donations_(2007)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour party proxy and undeclared donations (2007)">a foreign donation scandal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gray announced in July 2008 that he would stand in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election">contest</a> to find the next Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour group in the Scottish Parliament</a>, and was elected to this post in September 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-elected_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, Iain Gray sparked a diplomatic row when he appeared to claim in parliament that <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> had been involved in ethnic cleansing and war crimes during the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">1990s Balkans Conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 April 2011, whilst campaigning at <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Central station">Glasgow Central station</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament election</a>, Gray was forced to cancel an event due to disruption by a group protesting against public spending cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-protest_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-protest-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He quickly left the station and ran into a nearby <a href="/wiki/Subway_(restaurant)" title="Subway (restaurant)">Subway</a> outlet to escape the protesters, who followed him into the shop and continued to heckle him.<sup id="cite_ref-protest_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-protest-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gray later stated that he had not been unsettled by the incident as "I spent two years working in the civil war in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, I've been to <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> two months after the genocide, I walked the killing fields in <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> and I was in <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> three days after <a href="/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet" title="Augusto Pinochet">Pinochet</a> was demitted from office".<sup id="cite_ref-Subway_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subway-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2011 election, Labour suffered a net loss of seven seats, with many of their leading figures being defeated. Labour took a particularly severe beating in its Central Belt heartland, having to rely on regional lists in many cases. It was Labour's worst electoral performance in Scotland in eighty years. Gray himself was re-elected as MSP for East Lothian by the narrowest margin of his political career; with just 151 votes over the SNP candidate, making the Holyrood seat for the first time ever a Labour–SNP marginal. He announced on 6 May that he would stand down as party leader in the autumn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_political_career">Later political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iain_Gray&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IainGrayMSP20110510.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/IainGrayMSP20110510.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="201" /></a><figcaption>Official parliamentary portrait, 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Gray was reappointed to the post of <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance</a> in the Scottish Labour Shadow Cabinet on 29 June 2013. After the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014 leadership election</a>, he was made <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Lifelong_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning</a>. </p><p>On 13 June 2015, Gray was appointed Acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party whilst a leadership and a deputy leadership election were simultaneously held, on account of deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> resigning to run for the leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-Reform_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reform-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, while several Labour MSPs lost their seats, Gray retained his seat with an increased majority compared to 2011. </p><p>Gray announced that he would be standing down at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a> in June 2020, in order to spend more time with his family.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gray nominated <a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Labour leadership election">2021 Scottish Labour leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><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=Iain_Gray&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gray has been married twice.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a lifelong fan of Edinburgh <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_F.C." title="Hibernian F.C.">Hibernian</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and enjoys reading, music and hill walking. 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href="https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/iain-gray">Iain Gray</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2002/05/1572">Scottish Government biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7614081.stm">Gray becomes Scots Labour leader</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7618474.stm">Labour frontline team announced</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New parliament</b><br /><div style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a>–<a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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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 href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive Committee">Scottish Executive Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour#Conference" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour Conference</a></li> <li><a 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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; color:white;;width:1%"><span style="color:white;">Deputy leadership elections</span></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>2000 Jamieson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2008 Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2011 Sarwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2014 Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2015 Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2018 Laird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2020 Baillie</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" 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