2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election

2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election
28 May 2018
 
Candidate Lesley Laird
Deputy leader before election

Alex Rowley

 Elected Deputy leader

Lesley Laird

The 2018 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament. It was triggered by the resignation on 16 December 2017 of Alex Rowley, who had been suspended from the post on 15 November 2017 following allegations that he had sent abusive text messages to a former partner.

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