2011 Scottish Labour leadership election information
2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election
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29 October 2011 – 17 December 2011
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Candidate
Johann Lamont
Ken Macintosh
Tom Harris
Overall Result
51.8%
40.3%
8.0%
Affiliated Unions
65.4%
26.4%
8.2%
Party members
36.5%
53.1%
10.3%
MPs, MSPs & MEPs
53.3%
41.3%
5.3%
Leader before election
Iain Gray
Elected Leader
Johann Lamont
The 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Labour Party. The election followed the announcement by Iain Gray that he would stand down as leader in the autumn of 2011 following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in May's Scottish Parliament general election.[1] Gray won the previous contest in September 2008.
It was the third Scottish Labour leadership election in four years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell following the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election,[2] and the second by Wendy Alexander's resignation.[3]
Running concurrently was a deputy leadership election, triggered by Johann Lamont's decision to run in the leadership election.
The leader of the Keep Scotland in Britain campaign was to be decided once the outcome of the Scottish Labour leadership election was known.[4]
Johann Lamont was elected as leader, and Anas Sarwar as deputy leader.
^"Scottish election: Labour leader Iain Gray to quit". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^"McConnell quits Labour leadership". BBC News. 15 August 2007.
^"Alexander quits as Labour leader". BBC News. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^Davidson, Lorraine (6 December 2011). "Parties unite to fight SNP over independence plans". The Times Scotland. London: Times Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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