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title="Макконнелл, Джек – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Макконнелл, Джек" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Jack McConnell" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Jack McConnell" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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For Brian McConnell, see <a href="/wiki/Brian_McConnell,_Baron_McConnell" title="Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell">Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2019</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/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of 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 />27 November 2001 – 16 May 2007</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"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="Deputy First Minister of Scotland">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</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/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</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></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/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th 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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/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></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/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</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/Sam_Galbraith" title="Sam Galbraith">Sam Galbraith</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/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</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/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</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 – 26 October 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"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a><br />Jim Wallace (Acting)</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/Angus_MacKay_(Scottish_politician)" title="Angus MacKay (Scottish politician)">Angus MacKay</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 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style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jack Wilson McConnell</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-06-30</span>) </span>30 June 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Irvine,_North_Ayrshire" title="Irvine, North Ayrshire">Irvine</a>, Ayrshire, 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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bridget_McConnell" title="Bridget McConnell">Bridget McLuckie</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990)<wbr /></div></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_Stirling" title="University of Stirling">University of Stirling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Mathematics teacher</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cabinet</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">First</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Second_McConnell_government" title="Second McConnell government">second</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_McConnell_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jack McConnell's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jack_McConnell_signature.svg/128px-Jack_McConnell_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jack_McConnell_signature.svg/192px-Jack_McConnell_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jack_McConnell_signature.svg/256px-Jack_McConnell_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="679" data-file-height="174" /></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>Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland">Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland</a> from 2001 to <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a>. McConnell served as the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</a> from 1999 to 2000 and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs">Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs</a> from 2000 to 2001. He has been a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> since 2010 and previously served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw</a> from <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> to <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a>. McConnell held the <a href="/wiki/REGLEG" class="mw-redirect" title="REGLEG">Presidency of the Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power</a> (REGLEG) during November 2003 to November 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Irvine,_North_Ayrshire" title="Irvine, North Ayrshire">Irvine</a>, Ayrshire, McConnell studied at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Stirling" title="University of Stirling">University of Stirling</a> and worked as a mathematics teacher at <a href="/wiki/Lornshill_Academy" title="Lornshill Academy">Lornshill Academy</a>. His political career began when he was elected to <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Stirling Council">Stirling District Council</a>, while he was still teaching. He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Scottish Constitutional Convention">Scottish Constitutional Convention</a>, having campaigned in favour of a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in the 1997 devolution referendum. Elected to serve as an MSP for the <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999 Scottish Parliament election</a>, McConnell was appointed <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> <a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">government</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar#Death_and_funeral" title="Donald Dewar">Dewar's death</a> in 2000, he ran unsuccessfully for the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland">leadership of the Labour Party in Scotland</a>, having been defeated by <a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a>. <a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">McLeish appointed</a> McConnell as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs">Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs</a>. </p><p>In 2001, McLeish resigned in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Officegate" title="Officegate">Officegate scandal</a> and McConnell was elected unopposed as the Scottish Labour leader. He was appointed First Minister on 22 November 2001, becoming the youngest office holder. As first minister, he implemented a ban on smoking in public places, signed <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Malawi_Partnership" title="Scotland Malawi Partnership">a Co-operation Agreement</a> with Malawi, and successfully bid for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="2014 Commonwealth Games">2014 Commonwealth Games</a> to be hosted in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the Labour Party in Scotland became the second largest party, with the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> having one seat more. This therefore lead to McConnell losing office, becoming the first First Minister to have been defeated in office, and as of 2024, the last <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> First Minister of Scotland in office. </p><p>After losing office as first minister, McConnell sat as the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Scotland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Scotland)">Leader of the Opposition in Holyrood</a>, until his resignation as leader. He sat as a backbencher and stood down as an MSP in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 election</a>. In 2010, McConnell became a member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> of the United Kingdom. He made a commitment to continuing his work to tackle poverty in Africa and to develop the relationship between Scotland and <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output 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devolution">Scottish devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)"> MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</a> (1999–2000)</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election"> 1999 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">Dewar government</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Skills" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills">Minister for Education</a> (2000–2001)</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">McLeish government</a></li> <li><a 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Ayrshire.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the eldest of four children born to William Wilson McConnell (1937–2018)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Elizabeth McCallum McConnell (née Jack; 1936–2020).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McConnell was brought up on Glenscorrodale Farm near <a href="/wiki/Lamlash" title="Lamlash">Lamlash</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Arran" title="Isle of Arran">Isle of Arran</a>, where his father was a sheep farmer and a member of the Arran Farmer’s Society.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at Lamlash Primary and <a href="/wiki/Arran_High_School" title="Arran High School">Arran High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McConnell attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Stirling" title="University of Stirling">University of Stirling</a>, where he was President of the <a href="/wiki/Students%27_union" title="Students' union">Students' Association</a> from 1980 to 1982 and National Union of Students Scotland Vice-President from 1982 to 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He met <a href="/wiki/Margo_MacDonald" title="Margo MacDonald">Margo MacDonald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a> at university.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1970s, he occupied the principal's office in protest against student homelessness. He also took part in a siege to occupy the administration offices at the university and slept in sleeping bags in the university’s court room.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated in 1983 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.Sc.</a> <a href="/wiki/Diploma_of_Education" title="Diploma of Education">Dip.Ed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating, McConnell worked as a mathematics teacher at <a href="/wiki/Lornshill_Academy" title="Lornshill Academy">Lornshill Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alloa" title="Alloa">Alloa</a>, Clackmannanshire.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1984_Scottish_local_elections" title="1984 Scottish local elections">1984</a>, McConnell was elected to <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Stirling Council">Stirling District Council</a>, while still teaching at Lornshill.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Treasurer from 1988 until 1992, and was the Leader of the council from 1990 to 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McConnell initially joined the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) when he was 16 years old. After trying to come to terms with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_nationalism" title="Scottish nationalism">Scottish nationalism</a>, he suspended his membership and instead joined the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour Party</a> when he was 19.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1992 to 1998, McConnell served as the <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party in Scotland">General Secretary of the Labour Party in Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His major breakthrough was in his handling of the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 General Election</a> success, where Labour attained a large overall majority victory over the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a>. Together the Labour Party in Scotland, the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> eliminated every seat the Conservatives held in Scotland. In 1998, he served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Scottish Constitutional Convention">Scottish Constitutional Convention</a> where he pioneered the <a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">Scottish devolution referendum</a> success, establishing the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.<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. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As a strong proponent of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a>, McConnell helped push for reform. Between 1989 and 1998 he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Scottish Constitutional Convention">Scottish Constitutional Convention</a>, where he was playing an important role in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act</a>, which created a Scottish Parliament for the first time.<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. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_to_Holyrood_(1999)"><span id="Election_to_Holyrood_.281999.29"></span>Election to Holyrood (1999)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election to Holyrood (1999)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As General Secretary, he managed the Labour Party in Scotland's successful devolution referendum campaign in 1997. Following the successful devolution campaign and the creation of a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, McConnell was elected as an MSP, for Motherwell and Wishaw, in the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999.<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. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_government_(1999–2001)"><span id="In_government_.281999.E2.80.932001.29"></span>In government (1999–2001)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In government (1999–2001)"><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/Premiership_of_Donald_Dewar" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiership of Donald Dewar">Premiership of Donald Dewar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Henry_McLeish" title="Premiership of Henry McLeish">Premiership of Henry McLeish</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">Dewar government</a> and <a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">McLeish government</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dewar_government">Dewar government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dewar government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg/220px-Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg/330px-Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg/440px-Meeting_of_the_Dewar_cabinet_1999.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="541" /></a><figcaption>McConnell, seated second on the right, as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">Dewar administration</a>, June 1999</figcaption></figure> <p>He was appointed immediately by <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a>, the then First Minister, to the post of <a href="/wiki/Finance_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Finance minister">Minister of Finance</a>. As Finance Minister one of his primary jobs was to establish the budgeting procedures for the new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish government">Scottish government</a>, which included consulting the public on budget priorities. As Minister responsible for External Relations he established Concordats with the UK Government and opened Scotland House in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>.<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. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>McConnell was elected an <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a> in the first <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament elections</a> in 1999. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</a> in the new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a> by then First Minister <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a>. One of his first moves as Finance Minister was to establish the budgeting procedures for the new Scottish Executive, including publishing a consultation document asking the public and MSPs how the budget should be spent. His department also passed the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 through Parliament, which set out the finance and auditing procedures of the Executive.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McLeish_government">McLeish government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: McLeish government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 October 2000, Dewar died of a <a href="/wiki/Brain_haemorrhage" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain haemorrhage">brain haemorrhage</a>. After the Labour leadership intervened to stop the Enterprise Minister <a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a> being appointed Dewar's successor without a vote, McConnell stood in the leadership contest. The election was held on Saturday 21 October, only 72 hours after Dewar's funeral, and the surprise result saw McConnell defeated with 36 votes to McLeish's 44 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McLeish appointed him <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education,_Europe_and_External_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs">Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some analysts considered this post to be a "poisoned chalice", as he would be required to resolve both <a href="/wiki/SQA_examinations_controversy_(2000)" class="mw-redirect" title="SQA examinations controversy (2000)">a crisis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Qualifications_Authority" title="Scottish Qualifications Authority">Scottish Qualifications Authority</a> over exam marking, and pay disputes with the teaching unions.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party">Leadership of the Scottish Labour Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Leadership of the Scottish Labour Party"><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">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Officegate" title="Officegate">Officegate</a></div> <p>McLeish resigned as first minister on 8 November 2001 over the <a href="/wiki/Officegate" title="Officegate">Officegate</a> scandal, regarding the sub let of his <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions">constituency</a> office.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McConnell was seen by many political analysts as the likely successor and he later launched his bid for leader.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 November, McConnell held a press conference in Edinburgh after reports emerged he had an <a href="/wiki/Affair" title="Affair">extra-marital affair</a> seven years prior.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He admitted to having an affair and in a statement with his wife, <a href="/wiki/Bridget_McConnell" title="Bridget McConnell">Bridget McConnell</a>, he stated: "If I become first minister, it would be very wrong for my family or anybody else to suffer because my behaviour then is still a secret today. That is why we are now being open about the fact that I did have an affair seven years ago. At the time I made mistakes, including denying the facts publicly and privately".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McConnell emerged as the only candidate and on 17 November, he was officially elected unopposed as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland</a> after receiving the support of 97.23% of MSPs.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his acceptance speech, he stated he was "deeply honoured to receive such overwhelming support" and highlighted that much work still needed to be done "to make devolution a success" and achieve "first class public services".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Minister_of_Scotland_(2001–2007)"><span id="First_Minister_of_Scotland_.282001.E2.80.932007.29"></span>First Minister of Scotland (2001–2007)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: First Minister of Scotland (2001–2007)"><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/Premiership_of_Jack_McConnell" title="Premiership of Jack McConnell">Premiership of Jack McConnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">First McConnell government</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Second_McConnell_government" title="Second McConnell government">Second McConnell government</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png/140px-First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png/210px-First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png/280px-First_Minister_Jack_McConnell_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="454" /></a><figcaption>Official first minister portrait, 2001</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term;_2001–2003"><span id="First_term.3B_2001.E2.80.932003"></span>First term; 2001–2003</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First term; 2001–2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nomination">Nomination</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McConnell was nominated for the post of First Minister by a vote of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> on 22 November, defeating <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative">Scottish Conservative</a> leader <a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> MSP <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Canavan" title="Dennis Canavan">Dennis Canavan</a> by 70 votes to 34, 19 and 3 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 November, the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen</a> issued him a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warrant_of_Appointment_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)">Royal Warrant of Appointment</a> and he was sworn in at the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> in Edinburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of him becoming First Minister, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland">Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a>, earning the title '<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a>' for life.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McConnell continued to lead the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had existed under the <a href="/wiki/Dewar_government" title="Dewar government">Dewar</a> and <a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">McLeish administrations</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cabinet_appointments">Cabinet appointments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cabinet appointments"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">First McConnell government</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg/220px-First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg/330px-First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg/440px-First_Cabinet_Meeting_of_McConnell_Government.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="527" /></a><figcaption>McConnell chairs the first meeting of his <a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">first government cabinet</a>, December 2001</figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly after being appointed McConnell began making appointments to his cabinet and announced his cabinet appointments on 27 November 2001. He announced his junior ministers later on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> remained in the post of deputy first minister while Cathy Jamieson took over Mr McConnell's education brief and <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Finnie" title="Ross Finnie">Ross Finnie</a> remained as ministers. <a href="/wiki/Sam_Galbraith" title="Sam Galbraith">Sam Galbraith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angus_MacKay_(Scottish_politician)" title="Angus MacKay (Scottish politician)">Angus MacKay</a> stood down and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">Sarah Boyack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_McCabe" title="Tom McCabe">Tom McCabe</a> reshuffled out of government, while <a href="/wiki/Susan_Deacon" title="Susan Deacon">Susan Deacon</a> was offered the post of social justice minister but refused the offer and moved to the <a href="/wiki/Backbencher" title="Backbencher">backbenches</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Invergowrie" title="Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie">Mike Watson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Chisholm" title="Malcolm Chisholm">Malcolm Chisholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ferguson" title="Patricia Ferguson">Patricia Ferguson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kerr_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)">Andy Kerr</a> were all promoted to cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the appointment of his <a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">first government</a>, McConnell used the first meeting of his newly formed <a href="/wiki/Scottish_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish cabinet">cabinet</a> that he intended for his administration to focus on the priorities of both the country and its people, pledging for unnecessary distractions to be avoided. Speaking during the first meeting of his cabinet, McConnell told his ministerial team he wished for them to "get rid of unnecessary paperwork and diversions" in order for ministers to be able to focus on the "key areas". McConnell also advised his cabinet that he was not seeking a large volume of new initiatives and policies for his administration, but rather that he remained committed to the policy areas of the <a href="/wiki/McLeish_government" title="McLeish government">previous administration</a>. A spokesperson for the Scottish Executive said that McConnell had told his cabinet for the need to "focus on delivering what is already there" as he felt it was important that his administration "makes sure we are delivering on the targets that have been set".<sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_told_to_focus_on_priorities_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_told_to_focus_on_priorities-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the earliest announcements by the new executive under McConnell was the ability for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> to raise or lower <a href="/wiki/Income_tax_in_Scotland" title="Income tax in Scotland">income tax</a> by up to 3p in the <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound</a> would not be invoked under a McConnell administration.<sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_told_to_focus_on_priorities_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_told_to_focus_on_priorities-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McConnell announced that under his premiership, the Scottish Executive would not change its position on issues such as private involvement in public services, proportional representation for local government elections and the financial independence of the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Education">Education</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin,_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland,_Jack_McConnell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin%2C_President_of_Russia_with_First_Minister_of_Scotland%2C_Jack_McConnell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="402" /></a><figcaption>McConnell with <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> in Edinburgh, June 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2002, McConnell pledged that the Scottish Executive would commit to building 100 new schools across Scotland by 2006. In order to achieve this, McConnell advocated for the use of <a href="/wiki/Public_Private_Partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Private Partnerships">Public Private Partnerships</a> (PPP), stating "we'll work together to sort out how we give people maximum return for every one of their pounds we are spending".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a strong advocate for teachers in Scotland to have the ability to move between primary and secondary schools to aid the transition process of children from primary school to secondary school.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of McConnell's spokesperson said that McConnell had been driven to implement policy changes on the backdrop of "children making the transition can have some problems. The first minister will be setting out the first steps towards addressing what is a problem that has been around for as long as we can remember".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2002, McConnell announced plans that would allow Head Teachers in Scotland to have more authority in regards to setting their own standards and priorities for their respective schools.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sporting_event_bids">Sporting event bids</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sporting event bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2002, Scotland joined forces with the Republic of Ireland in a bid to host the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008" title="UEFA Euro 2008">2008 European Football Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst he was initially unconvinced that it was worth spending around £100 million on the tournament,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he later put his support behind the joint bid with the Republic of Ireland to host the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the bid lost out to Austrian and Switzerland joint bid, McConnell later supported other attempts to land major supporting events including London's successful bid for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Olympic Games</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>'s bid for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="2014 Commonwealth Games">2014 Commonwealth Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2005, Glasgow formally launched its candidacy to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The launch of the bid was attended by McConnell alongside the leader of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_City_Council" title="Glasgow City Council">Glasgow City Council</a> Steven Purcell at <a href="/wiki/Hampden_Park" title="Hampden Park">Hampden Park</a>. Speaking at the launch, McConnell acknowledged that Scotland was the "first country to declare its interest in hosting the games" and additionally was the "first country to nominate its preferred city". Glasgow was selected by <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Games Scotland">Commonwealth Games Scotland</a> over <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, who had previously hosted the <a href="/wiki/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games" title="1970 British Commonwealth Games">1970</a> and <a href="/wiki/1986_Commonwealth_Games" title="1986 Commonwealth Games">1986</a> edition of the games.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sectarianism">Sectarianism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sectarianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2002, McConnell launched his government's campaign against sectarianism.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term;_2003–2007"><span id="Second_term.3B_2003.E2.80.932007"></span>Second term; 2003–2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Second term; 2003–2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Re–election"><span id="Re.E2.80.93election"></span>Re–election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Re–election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McConnell was re elected MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw at the Scottish Parliament elections. The Labour Party in Scotland won 50 seats, the largest number, and formed <a href="/wiki/Second_McConnell_government" title="Second McConnell government">another coalition government</a> with the Liberal Democrats which won 17 seats. On 15 May, McConnell was re appointed First Minister of Scotland and on the same day the Scottish government published A Partnership for a Better Scotland which set out the government's priorities for the four-year term ahead.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was followed by the “Fresh Talent initiative” which was created and developed to focus at addressing the demographic decline in Scotland and ageing Scottish population by attracting young and skilled immigrants, primarily from other <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> countries (such as <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> primarily) to be attracted to Scotland as a place to live and work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_smoking_ban">Public smoking ban</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Public smoking ban"><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/Smoking,_Health_and_Social_Care_(Scotland)_Act_2005" title="Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005">Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005</a></div> <p>One of McConnell's most significant pieces of legislation to be introduced to the Scottish Parliament under his premiership was the successful campaign to ban smoking in Scottish public places, such as <a href="/wiki/Pubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pubs">pubs</a>, public transport and <a href="/wiki/Restaurants" class="mw-redirect" title="Restaurants">restaurants</a>, making Scotland the first country within the United Kingdom to do so, which led to McConnell receiving praise for his leadership on this issue, ultimately leading other countries to follow.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Smoking,_Health_and_Social_Care_(Scotland)_Act_2005" title="Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005">Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005</a> was formally ratified in <a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a> on 26 March 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="31st_G8_summit">31st G8 summit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 31st G8 summit"><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/31st_G8_summit" title="31st G8 summit">31st G8 summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/G8_Alternatives" title="G8 Alternatives">G8 Alternatives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Make_Poverty_History" title="Make Poverty History">Make Poverty History</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bush%26McConnell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bush%26McConnell.jpg/182px-Bush%26McConnell.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bush%26McConnell.jpg/273px-Bush%26McConnell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bush%26McConnell.jpg/363px-Bush%26McConnell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption>McConnell greets the US President, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">first lady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Prestwick_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Prestwick Airport">Prestwick Airport</a>, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>As the United Kingdom, and ultimately Scotland, was scheduled to host the <a href="/wiki/31st_G8_summit" title="31st G8 summit">31st G8 summit</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Gleneagles_Hotel" title="Gleneagles Hotel">Gleneagles Hotel</a>, McConnell expressed his wish for the UK Government to pay for any and all associated costs as a result of hosting the summit and claimed that the Scottish Executive was being placed in an "intolerable position". Under McConnell, the executive warned that it would make the costs of security and policing the event public.<sup id="cite_ref-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McConnell's demands for the UK Government to pay the costs of policing and security were met with opposition from <a href="/wiki/HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">HM Treasury</a>, and it was later revealed that the treasury provided only £20 million towards the cost. In the months prior to the summit, the Scottish Executive expressed their concerns over the associated costs of hosting the event and a "potentially very serious situation" due to the fact that costs associated with the summit "would inevitably be in the public domain". It was suggested that the Scottish Executive would launch a formal dispute with the UK Government in response to any perceived lack of progress over funding the summit.<sup id="cite_ref-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite assurances to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in May 2005 that the cost of hosting the G8 summit "would be nowhere near £100 million", overall cost of hosting the event was estimated to be £90.9 million.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the £20 million contributed by HM Treasury, the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Office">Foreign Office</a> contributed £10 million whilst the Scottish Executive was expected to pay the remaining £65 million.<sup id="cite_ref-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_intolerable_cost_of_Scotland_staging_the_G8_summit-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite concerns over the cost and disagreement with the UK Government over funding, McConnell attended the summit held between 6–8 July 2005 and welcomed international leaders who were invited to the conference to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">Glasgow Prestwick Airport</a> on arrival.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007_Scottish_election">2007 Scottish election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2007 Scottish election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">Scottish Parliament general election of 3 May 2007</a> saw McConnell re elected as the MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw with a majority of 5,938 votes, representing 48% of the vote with a turnout of 50.3%. The Labour Party in Scotland was defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> with the SNP winning 47 seats to Labour's 46, leaving the SNP short of an overall majority in the Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_premiership">Post premiership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Post premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour_in_opposition;_2007–2011"><span id="Labour_in_opposition.3B_2007.E2.80.932011"></span>Labour in opposition; 2007–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Labour in opposition; 2007–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Leader_of_the_Opposition">Leader of the Opposition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Leader of the Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Labour was left the second largest party in Holyrood, the SNP was invited first to form a government.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lib Dems turned down a coalition deal with the SNP and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> and ruled out a deal with Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 May 2007, the election to nominate a first minister in the Scottish Parliament was held, with Alex Salmond receiving 49 votes to 46, as the Lib Dems and Conservatives abstained.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the SNP officially formed the <a href="/wiki/First_Salmond_government" title="First Salmond government">first nationalist administration of the Scottish Executive</a> and McConnell became <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Scotland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Scotland)">Leader of the Opposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg/220px-Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg/330px-Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg/440px-Jack_McConnell_as_Opposition_Leader_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1103" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption>McConnell as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Scotland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Scotland)">Leader of the Opposition</a> listening to <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a>'s acceptance speech, May 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>On 17 May 2007, McConnell told Salmond he would abstain in a Parliament vote to appoint ministers. In his first speech as opposition leader, McConnell listed a series of 'hypocritical' remarks that SNP ministers had made about the Labour administration.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My predecessor had problems over a muddle. I can only describe Mr Salmond's first decisions as a guddle. He has learned nothing in opposition, despite what he said about doing so. He will regret deprioritising culture, sport and housing, but those who value them will regret it more. Those who want to see action on affordable homes will regret it too.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>McConnell's response to <a href="/wiki/First_Salmond_government" title="First Salmond government">Alex Salmond's administration</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>As Leader of the Opposition in Holyrood, McConnell took part in <a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions_(Scottish_Parliament)" title="First Minister's Questions (Scottish Parliament)">First Minister's Questions</a> (FMQs). In one session of FMQs, he claimed the new SNP administration was making several U-turns on <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams" title="Edinburgh Trams">transport policy</a> and its position on <a href="/wiki/Student_debt" title="Student debt">student debt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Council_Tax_in_Scotland" title="Council Tax in Scotland">council taxes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Resignation_as_leader">Resignation as leader</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Resignation as leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 August 2007, McConnell announced his intention to resign as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland">Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement, he said it was his "honour" to serve as leader and empthasised the need for Labour to learn lessons following its defeat in May.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately after his resignation, he was nominated by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> to succeed Richard Wildash as <a href="/wiki/British_High_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="British High Commissioner">British High Commissioner</a> to <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McConnell was succeeded as leader by <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Backbench_MSP">Backbench MSP</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Backbench MSP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his resignation, McConnell sat in Labour's opposition backbenches at Holyrood and continued to represent his <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw constituency</a> until the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament election</a>. On 28 May 2010, it was announced that McConnell would be made a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> and enter the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Working_peer" class="mw-redirect" title="Working peer">working peer</a> on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Lords;_2010–present"><span id="House_of_Lords.3B_2010.E2.80.93present"></span>House of Lords; 2010–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: House of Lords; 2010–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg/220px-Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg/330px-Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg/440px-Lord_Jack_McConnell_speaking_at_the_Girls_Education_Forum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption>Lord McConnell speaking at the Girls Education Forum, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 June 2010, he was created a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> as <b>Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale</b>, of the Isle of Arran in Ayrshire and Arran,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Introduction_(House_of_Lords)" title="Introduction (House of Lords)">introduced</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2010 he announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_positions">Other positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Other positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2007, he was appointed an adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Foundation" title="Clinton Foundation">Clinton</a> <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Foundation">Hunter</a> Development Initiative in <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, and in October 2008, he was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Conflict Resolution Mechanisms, a position which ceased following Labour's defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 General election</a>.<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. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He is a UK Ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Action_for_Children" title="Action for Children">Action for Children</a>; a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/48_Group_Club" title="48 Group Club">48 Group Club</a>, which promotes relationships between the United Kingdom and China and an Ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Pump_Aid" title="Pump Aid">Pump Aid</a>. On 8 March 2012, <a href="/wiki/Optical_Express" title="Optical Express">Optical Express</a> announced the appointment of Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale joining the Board as non executive director.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a non executive director at DCM (Optical Holdings) from 2011 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 30 November 2018, McConnell holds the position of Chancellor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Stirling" title="University of Stirling">University of Stirling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 October 2024, it was announced that McConnell would lead a <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> regeneration group.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<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=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990, McConnell married <a href="/wiki/Bridget_McConnell" title="Bridget McConnell">Bridget McConnell</a>, a cultural administrator and former chief executive officer of Glasgow Life.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They met in the late 1980s, where they both worked at <a href="/wiki/Stirling_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Stirling District Council">Stirling District Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 March 1991, a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_sheriffdoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish sheriffdoms">sheriff</a> ruled McConnell could become the <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">legal father</a> of Bridget's children, Hannah and Mark; whom she had in her previous marriage with Richard Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During McConnell's <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Leader of the Scottish Labour Party">leadership bid for the Scottish Labour Party</a> in November 2001, he revealed in a press conference that he had been involved in an <a href="/wiki/Extra-marital_affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-marital affair">extra marital affair</a> seven years previously.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He admitted the affair had been "an open secret for seven years" and "It caused significant hurt to a number of people and I regret that very much to this day".<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, McConnell refused to bail out his sister, Anne McConnell, who was jailed for stealing £9,000 from a disabled pensioner's bank account.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassidy_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassidy-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She told police she needed money to pay her <a href="/wiki/Mortgage_loan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortgage loan">mortgage</a> and blamed her crime on her menopause and hoped "Jack would help her pay it back".<sup id="cite_ref-Cassidy_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassidy-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland" title="Politics of Scotland">Politics of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Jack_McConnell" title="Premiership of Jack McConnell">Premiership of Jack McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_McConnell_government" title="First McConnell government">First McConnell government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_McConnell_government" title="Second McConnell government">Second McConnell government</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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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"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> acted from 8 November 2001 to 27 November 2001</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a> acted from 8 November 2001 to 22 November 2001</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a> acted from 15 August 2007 to 14 September 2007</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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(2005), Black and White Publishing.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McConnell&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/jack-mcconnell">Jack McConnell</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 <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw</a></span> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a>–<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Pentland" title="John Pentland">John Pentland</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance</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/Angus_MacKay_(Scottish_politician)" title="Angus MacKay (Scottish politician)">Angus MacKay</a></div><i><b>as Minister for Finance and Local Government </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Galbraith" title="Sam Galbraith">Sam Galbraith</a></div><i><b>as Minister for Children and Education </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Skills" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills">Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs</a> </b><br />2000–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a></div><i><b>as Minister for Education and Young People </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" 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Scotland</a> </b><br />2001–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/Orders_of_precedence_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom">Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boateng" title="Paul Boateng">The Lord Boateng</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_precedence_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom">Gentlemen</a></b><br /><i>Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale</i> <b> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Followed by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Wyre_Forest" title="Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a></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_Labour_Party" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" 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/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Middleton_(political_organiser)" title="James Middleton (political organiser)">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Phillips" title="Morgan Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Williams_(politician)" title="Leonard Williams (politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Barker" title="Sara Barker">Barker</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hayward" title="Ron Hayward">Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mortimer" title="Jim Mortimer">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Whitty,_Baron_Whitty" title="Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty">Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer,_Baron_Sawyer" title="Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McDonagh,_Baroness_McDonagh" title="Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh">McDonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Triesman,_Baron_Triesman" title="David Triesman, Baron Triesman">Triesman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Carter_(politician)" title="Matt Carter (politician)">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Watt" title="Peter Watt">Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Collins,_Baron_Collins_of_Highbury" title="Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_McNicol" title="Iain McNicol">McNicol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennie_Formby" title="Jennie Formby">Formby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Evans_(political_official)" title="David Evans (political official)">Evans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Labour_Party" title="Treasurer of the Labour Party"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Treasurers</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/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</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_Lathan" title="George Lathan">Lathan</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/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Davies_(trade_unionist)" title="Dai Davies (trade unionist)">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Atkinson" title="Norman Atkinson">Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Varley" title="Eric Varley">Varley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_McCluskie" title="Sam McCluskie">McCluskie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Burlison" title="Tom Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Prosser,_Baroness_Prosser" title="Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser">Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Elsby" title="Jimmy Elsby">Elsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dromey" title="Jack Dromey">Dromey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Holland" title="Diana Holland">Holland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_in_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Leaders in the Lords</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/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 class="mw-selflink selflink">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Jamieson</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Jack McConnell</a> (2001–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> (2007–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour leadership election">2008</a>–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011</a>–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014</a>–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015</a>–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2017 Scottish Labour leadership election">2017</a>–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Labour leadership election">2021</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party"><span style="color:white;">Deputy leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a> (2000–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2008</a>–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011</a>–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish Labour leadership election">2014</a>–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">2015</a>–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Laird" title="Lesley Laird">Lesley Laird</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2017</a>–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020_Scottish_Labour_deputy_leadership_election" title="2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election">2020</a>–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E4003B; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party"><span style="color:white;">General secretaries</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Shaw_(Labour_activist)" title="Ben Shaw (Labour activist)">Ben Shaw</a> (1914–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Woodburn" title="Arthur Woodburn">Arthur Woodburn</a> (1932–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(West_Lothian_MP)" title="John Taylor (West Lothian MP)">John Taylor</a> (1939–1951)</li> <li>Willie Marshall (1951–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Liddell" title="Helen Liddell">Helen Liddell</a> (1977–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Elder,_Baron_Elder" title="Murray Elder, Baron Elder">Murray Elder</a> (1988–1992)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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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> 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title="Janis Hughes">Janis 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 Maclean">Kate Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Macintosh" title="Ken Macintosh">Ken Macintosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Macmillan" title="Maureen Macmillan">Maureen Macmillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin_(Scottish_politician)" title="Paul Martin (Scottish politician)">Paul Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McAllion" title="John McAllion">John McAllion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McAveety" title="Frank McAveety">Frank McAveety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCabe" title="Tom McCabe">Tom McCabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baron_McConnell_of_Glenscorrodale" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale">Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McMahon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)">Michael McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_McNeil" title="Duncan McNeil">Duncan McNeil</a></li> <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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