2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election

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.

Result

The only candidate nominated was Lesley Laird, who had been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since general election in June 2017. Laird was therefore elected unopposed. She had been acting deputy leader since Rowley's resignation.

References

1. 2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
2. 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
3. 2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election
4. 2015 Scottish Labour leadership election
5. 2008 Scottish Labour leadership election
6. 2008 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election
7. 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
8. 2014 Scottish Labour leadership election
9. 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
10. 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election
11. 2017 Scottish Labour leadership election
12. Scottish Labour
13. Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
14. 2024 United Kingdom general election
15. 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
16. John Swinney
17. Labour Party leadership of Ed Miliband
18. Ian Murray (Scottish politician)
19. Keir Starmer
20. Richard Leonard