In office 4 June 2018 – 16 December 2019 Acting: 16 December 2017 – 4 June 2018
Leader
Richard Leonard
Preceded by
Alex Rowley
Succeeded by
Jackie Baillie
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 14 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Leader
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by
David Anderson
Succeeded by
Tony Lloyd
Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
In office 8 June 2017 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
Roger Mullin
Succeeded by
Neale Hanvey
Personal details
Born
Lesley Margaret Langan
(1958-11-15) 15 November 1958 (age 65) Greenock, Scotland, UK
Political party
Labour
Alma mater
James Watt College Glasgow Caledonian University Edinburgh Napier University
Lesley Margaret Laird (néeLangan; born 15 November 1958) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2017 to 2019, and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland during the same period. Laird was a Member of Fife Council from 2012 to 2018 and served as the Deputy Leader of the Council.
Lesley Margaret Laird (née Langan; born 15 November 1958) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017...
Government; Dawn Butler was appointed Shadow Minister for Diverse Communities; LesleyLaird was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. Later that month...
Labour MP. Among the Labour MPs who lost their seats in Scotland was LesleyLaird, deputy leader of Scottish Labour and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland...
and Cowdenbeath Incumbent Assumed office 12 December 2019 Preceded by LesleyLaird Majority 1,243 (2.6%) Councillor, Fife Council In office 3 May 2012 –...
Lloyd became the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, replacing LesleyLaird. Upon Sir Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader in spring 2020, Lloyd...
Leonard on his internal Scottish Parliament critics When Leonard's deputy LesleyLaird lost her seat at the 2019 general election, she resigned from the deputy...
2020 Leader Richard Leonard Herself (Acting) Anas Sarwar Preceded by LesleyLaird Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Acting 14 January 2021 – 27 February...
the first past the post system. Since the 2017 UK General Election, LesleyLaird of the Labour Party has been Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath...
Conservative Emma Dent Coad Kensington 2017 Felicity Buchan Conservative LesleyLaird Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland 2017...
office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 Preceded by Gordon Brown Succeeded by LesleyLaird Personal details Born (1948-03-12) 12 March 1948 (age 76) Nationality...
leadership election was triggered on 16 December 2019 following the defeat of LesleyLaird as MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in the 2019 general election. The...
Cowdenbeath Labour Neale Hanvey Scottish National Defeated incumbent, LesleyLaird Knowsley Labour George Howarth Labour Seat held Lagan Valley DUP Jeffrey...
Caroline Hollins Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CC 72,853 1,243 Neale Hanvey LesleyLaird Lanark and Hamilton East CC 77,659 5,187 Angela Crawley Shona Haslam...
Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-25. "LesleyLaird stands down as Scottish Labour deputy". BBC News. McNab, Scott (3 April...
Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 comes into force. 28 May – LesleyLaird is elected unopposed as deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party. 15...
nominated was LesleyLaird, who had been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since general election in June 2017. Laird was therefore...
December 2017 Leader Kezia Dugdale Preceded by Kezia Dugdale Succeeded by LesleyLaird Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife (1 of 7 Regional...
Conservative Emma Dent Coad Kensington 2017 Felicity Buchan Conservative LesleyLaird Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland 2017...
Broekhuizen, Dutch civil servant and politician (CDA), Mayor of Twenterand LesleyLaird, Scottish Labour Party, MP Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister...