2017 Scottish Labour leadership election
{{Short description|Scottish internal political party contest}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election
|country = Scotland
|type = presidential
|ongoing = no
|previous_election = 2015 Scottish Labour leadership election
|previous_year = 2015
|next_election = 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election
|next_year = 2021
|1blank = First preferences
|2blank = Percentage
|turnout = 21,994
(62.3%)
|election_date = 27 October 2017 – 18 November 2017
|image1 = RichardLeonardMSP.jpg
|candidate1 = Richard Leonard
|colour1 =
|1data1 = 12,469
|2data1 = 56.7%
|image2 = Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg
|candidate2 = Anas Sarwar
|colour2 =
|1data2 = 9,516
|2data2 = 43.3%
| title = Leader
| before_election = Jackie Baillie (Acting)
Previously Kezia Dugdale
and Alex Rowley (Acting)
| after_election = Richard Leonard
}}
The 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 29 August 2017 by the resignation of Kezia Dugdale as leader of the Scottish Labour Party, having led the party for two years.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41082916|title=Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader|work=BBC News |date=29 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829214505/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41082916|archive-date=29 August 2017|df=dmy-all}} MSP Jackie Baillie was acting interim leader for the last week of the election after Alex Rowley, the original interim leader, was suspended from the party over allegations of a criminal nature.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41995175 |title=Labour suspends deputy leader Alex Rowley during conduct probe |work=BBC News |date=15 November 2017 |access-date=2017-11-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115182931/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41995175 |archive-date=15 November 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
Richard Leonard was elected as leader on 18 November 2017.
Background
Kezia Dugdale announced her resignation from the Scottish Labour Party leadership on 29 August 2017, saying that she was leaving the party in a better state than she had found it, but that the best thing for the party would be to "pass the baton on".{{Cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/29/kezia-dugdale-resigns-as-scottish-labour-party-leader |title=Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour party leader |first=Severin |last=Carrell |date=29 August 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170829225657/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/29/kezia-dugdale-resigns-as-scottish-labour-party-leader |archive-date=29 August 2017}}
Under her leadership, Scottish Labour finished in third place at the 2016 Holyrood election, losing thirteen seats; their worst performance since devolution began in 1999 and were overtaken as the largest opposition party by the Scottish Conservatives.
The party also finished in third place at the 2017 local elections, losing 133 councillors.
Scottish Labour finished in third place at the 2017 snap general election, though it gained seven seats, an increase of six seats from the 2015 general election, before her leadership began and while she was deputy leader. This was the first time Labour had finished in third place at a general election in Scotland since 1918.
Procedure
As with the previous leadership election, the election was held under one-person-one-vote from an electorate of members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters.
Leadership candidates needed to be an MP, MSP or MEP, and need the support of at least 15%, or five, of the thirty-two Scottish Labour MPs, MSPs and MEPs.
During the 'supporting nominations' period, local Labour Party groups (CLPs) across the country were offered the opportunity to hold a symbolic ballot in which their membership could vote for their preferred candidate, so that the winner would be officially endorsed by that CLP. Of the 73 Scottish Parliament constituencies there will only be up to 70 supporting nominations submitted, as three pairs of corresponding CLPs, typically pairs of geographical neighbours, were involved in an arrangement whereby the two CLPs will submit any nomination vote they may decide to cast together as one. On this occasion, the three joint CLPs are Dundee City Labour Party (formed of Dundee East and Dundee West), Perth and Kinross Labour Party (formed of Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire), and Dumfries and Galloway Labour Party (formed of Dumfriesshire and Galloway and West Dumfries).
=Timetable=
| class="wikitable"
|11 September |Nominations open |
| 16 September
|Hustings for Scottish Labour parliamentarians |
| 17 September
|Nominations closed |
| 18 September
|Supporting nominations open; hustings begin |
| 9 October
|Latest date to join in order to vote |
| 13 October
|Supporting nominations close |
| 27 October
|Voting opens; hustings end |
| 17 November
|Voting closes at midday |
| 18 November
|Result announced |
Campaign
In early September 2017, Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar announced that they would be running for the leadership. Leonard appointed Danielle Rowley as his campaign chair, whilst Sarwar appointed Pauline McNeill and Martin Whitfield as his campaign co-chairs. They both wrote for the Sunday Mail to pay tribute to Dugdale and Corbyn, praise the party's platform and decry nationalism. Sarwar has been described as a centrist and on the party's centre-left, and describes himself as a Brownite.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15550727.Sarwar_admits_taking_share_cash_from_controversial_family_business/|title=Sarwar admits taking share cash from controversial family business|website=Herald Scotland |date=21 September 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045225/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15550727.Sarwar_admits_taking_share_cash_from_controversial_family_business/|archive-date=24 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/20/scottish-labour-candidate-anas-sarwar-laughs-off-neoliberal-blairite-tag|title=Scottish Labour candidate Anas Sarwar laughs off 'neoliberal Blairite' tag |first=Severin |last=Carrell |date=20 September 2017 |website=The Guardian |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045101/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/20/scottish-labour-candidate-anas-sarwar-laughs-off-neoliberal-blairite-tag|archive-date=24 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/border/2017-09-14/scotland-labour-leadership-contest-too-close-to-call/|title=Labour leadership contest in Scotland 'too close to call'|date=14 September 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924050513/http://www.itv.com/news/border/2017-09-14/scotland-labour-leadership-contest-too-close-to-call/|archive-date=24 September 2017|df=dmy-all}} Leonard is more associated with the left-wing of the party, and emphasised the consistency in his positions and his support for Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41332462|title=Sarwar denies being 'one of the few'|work=BBC News |date=20 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921124957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41332462|archive-date=21 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/what-we-learned-from-the-scottish-labour-leadership-hustings-1-4566111|title=What we learned from the Scottish Labour leadership hustings|website=Scotsman|date=21 September 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921135646/http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/what-we-learned-from-the-scottish-labour-leadership-hustings-1-4566111|archive-date=21 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Supporters of Leonard criticised Sarwar as a ″careerist″ for changing his mind about Corbyn, having called for him to consider his position in a letter ahead of the national party's 2016 leadership election. When asked, Leonard did not have a ready answer as to whether he'd changed his view on anything in the last thirty or forty years.
Candidates were required to receive at least five supporting nominations from Scottish Labour parliamentarians across Westminster, Holyrood and the European Parliament. Both easily reached this, with Leonard receiving nine and Sarwar receiving fifteen. Whilst Sarwar received more nominations from Labour MSPs, Leonard received the backing of the majority of Scottish Labour MPs, as well as supporting nominations from six affiliated trade unions by 29 September.{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/09/usdaw-back-left-candidate-richard-leonard-in-scottish-leadership-race/|title=Usdaw joins three other unions in backing left candidate for Scottish leadership – LabourList|date=20 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921024823/https://labourlist.org/2017/09/usdaw-back-left-candidate-richard-leonard-in-scottish-leadership-race/|archive-date=21 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}
The candidates praised each other's work, and both sought to introduce "progressive taxation" at Holyrood to fund the NHS and education, describing themselves as ″proud socialists″. Sarwar presented himself as a unity candidate, but Leonard accused him of disunity for his prior opposition to Corbyn's leadership.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15547867.Splits_at_the_heart_of_Scottish_Labour_s_leadership_battle_are_laid_bare/|title=Splits at the heart of Scottish Labour's leadership battle are laid bare|website=HeraldScotland|date=21 September 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045251/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15547867.Splits_at_the_heart_of_Scottish_Labour_s_leadership_battle_are_laid_bare/|archive-date=24 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}
On policy, Sarwar declared his support for public ownership of railways and tougher laws on employment rights. Leonard pledged tough rent controls and the introduction of workers' right-to-buy, alongside consideration of broader public ownership.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41292736|title=Leonard says people 'hungry for change'|work=BBC News |date=16 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917064714/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41292736|archive-date=17 September 2017|df=dmy-all}} Both candidates made clear their ambitions to become Scotland's next First Minister. Following criticism for both candidates and deputy Alex Rowley being men, both candidates made campaign promises relating to women's rights and representation. Leonard pledged to set up a training academy to make Labour's candidates ″as diverse as the electorate″ by supporting female, LGBT, BME and disabled members towards candidacy. Sarwar pledged to create a second deputy leader post to ensure greater gender balance and to ensure at least half of Labour's Holyrood frontbench are women, alongside a commission to tackle the gender pay gap.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41152963|title=Labour rivals make gender balance pledges|work=BBC News |date=14 September 2017}}
Sarwar proposed a tax plan, including raising income tax on high earners further than the party's previous position and reducing income on low earners from 20% to 15%, to raise a further £700 million in tax revenue.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/25/scottish-labour-leader-contender-anas-sarwar-targets-high-earners-tax-plan|title=Scottish Labour leader contender targets high earners with tax plan|first=Severin |last=Carrell|date=2017-10-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029023241/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/25/scottish-labour-leader-contender-anas-sarwar-targets-high-earners-tax-plan|archive-date=29 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} He argued that this money could fund a reversal of disability benefit cuts, means-tested child tax credits of £10 a week and public sector pay increases.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/27/scotlands-labour-leader-hopefuls-go-head-to-head-over-top-tax-rate|title=Scotland's Labour leader hopefuls go head to head over top tax rate|last=Brooks|first=Libby Brooks |date=2017-10-27|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027203247/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/27/scotlands-labour-leader-hopefuls-go-head-to-head-over-top-tax-rate|archive-date=27 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} Leonard subsequently released tax proposals to introduce two new income tax bands for people earning more than £70,000 and £100,000, as well as a 1% windfall tax on Scotland's wealthiest individuals to raise £3.7 billion. The Scottish government confirmed that this windfall tax would not be possible without further powers being given to the Scottish government by the UK government.
Leonard also proposed strengthening the powers of local government, a "massive" housebuilding scheme, higher child benefits and a new national energy company. Sarwar proposed a guaranteed job, training place or place in further education for every school leaver as well as support for the UK to remain a permanent member of the EU single market.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41762124|title=Voting opens in Scots Labour leader race|date=2017-10-27|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102044519/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41762124|archive-date=2 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}
On 24 September, the Huffington Post reported that Unite had signed up 2,700 Unite members to the political levy, allowing them to vote in the leadership contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richard-leonard-set-to-win-scottish-labour-leadership-after-unite-sign-up-2700-members-in-one-weekend_uk_59c7f414e4b06ddf45f89be8|title=Corbyn Supporter Set To Win Scottish Labour Leadership After Thousands Of Unite Members Sign Up|date=24 September 2017|via=www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925181502/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richard-leonard-set-to-win-scottish-labour-leadership-after-unite-sign-up-2700-members-in-one-weekend_uk_59c7f414e4b06ddf45f89be8|archive-date=25 September 2017|df=dmy-all}} This was in addition to 5,000 existing levy-payers. The Huffington Post reported that as a result, Unite members could end up comprising a third of the entire electorate.
After supporting nominations closed on 13 October, it was reported that forty-three Constituency Labour Parties had nominated Leonard (covering forty-five actual constituencies due to two nominations from joint CLPs), sixteen had nominated Sarwar (covering seventeen actual constituencies due to one joint CLP nomination) and eleven had made no supporting nomination.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/918801001414582272|title=In total, forty-three CLPs nominated Richard Leonard, sixteen CLPs nominated Anas Sarwar and eleven CLPs did not nominate.|first=CLP|last=Nominations|date=13 Oct 2017|website=Twitter|access-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013183001/https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/918801001414582272|archive-date=13 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} One report estimated that the vote totals in these nomination meetings, in which only full members could vote, came to 58.5% for Leonard and 41.5% for Sarwar.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/918871125660241920|title=Our overall voteshare estimates for CLP nominations are: Leonard: 58.5% Sarwar: 41.5%.|first=CLP|last=Nominations|date=13 Oct 2017|website=Twitter|access-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013183111/https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/918871125660241920|archive-date=13 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}
A lot of the early campaign focused on Sarwar's background. Both candidates had attended private schools in their youth, and Sarwar sent his own children to a private school. When asked, Sarwar said that he did so because too many schools ″simply aren't good enough″, but that he was in the Labour Party to change inequality. Sarwar faced criticism from Leonard's supporters and the Scottish National Party for his stake in his family business, with some describing him as ″one of the few″ in Labour's 2017 general election slogan ″for the many, not the few″. The firm does not recognise trade unions or pay wages at the level advocated by the Labour Party. Sarwar emphasised that he was a minority shareholder who has no role in running the company, though he admitted receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in dividends from his stake, which is said to be worth £4,800,000. Following this criticism, Sarwar relinquished his shares in the firm, putting them in a trust that his children could access once they reached adulthood.{{cite web|url=https://stv.tv/news/politics/1398391-labour-s-anas-sarwar-relinquishes-shares-in-family-firm/|title=Labour's Anas Sarwar relinquishes shares in family firm|website=STV News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001711/https://stv.tv/news/politics/1398391-labour-s-anas-sarwar-relinquishes-shares-in-family-firm/|archive-date=24 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Leonard would be the first English-born leader of the Scottish Labour Party, leading his opponents to suggest that his Englishness might make it hard to connect with the people the party needs to win over.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/english-row-in-scots-labour-race-tc8n9vxjs|title=English row in Scots Labour race|first=John Boothman and Jason|last=Allardyce|date=3 September 2017|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}
Sarwar's campaign received legal advice regarding Unite's sign-up processes, which it described as bringing the leadership contest into "serious question". Whilst Leonard's campaign was concerned that Sarwar might make a legal challenge, Sarwar's campaign ruled this out "in the interests of party unity".{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15626146.Sarwar_campaign_obtains_QC_opinion_that_brings_legality_of_leadership_contest_into__serious_question___/|title=QC opinion casts doubt on Scottish Labour leadership contest|website=HeraldScotland|date=29 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-10-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029132737/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15626146.Sarwar_campaign_obtains_QC_opinion_that_brings_legality_of_leadership_contest_into__serious_question___/|archive-date=29 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Candidates
† CLPs not nominating any candidate: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine;{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/913860991305347073|title=Aberdeen South and North Kincardine CLP has chosen not to make a supporting nomination.|first=C. L. P.|last=Nominatioins|date=29 September 2017|publisher=Twitter}} Angus South;{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/913086657108365312|title=Angus South CLP has chosen not to nominate either candidate to be Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.|first=C. L. P.|last=Nominations|date=27 September 2017|publisher=Twitter}} Edinburgh Pentlands;{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/910957062636613634|title=Edinburgh Pentlands CLP votes not to nominate any candidate to be Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.|first=C. L. P.|last=Nominations|date=21 September 2017|publisher=Twitter}} Aberdeen Donside.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CLPNominations/status/918552384888033285|title=Aberdeen Donside CLP votes not to make a supporting nomination.|first=C. L. P.|last=Nominations|date=12 October 2017|publisher=Twitter}}
The following seven constituencies remain unaccounted for: Argyll and Bute; Banffshire and Buchan Coast; Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; Linlithgow; Mid Fife and Glenrothes; Moray; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
=Declined=
- Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton (1999 – present){{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/english-row-in-scots-labour-race-tc8n9vxjs|title=English row in Scots Labour race|last1=Allardyce|first1=Jason|first2=John|last2=Boothman|access-date=2017-09-03|language=en}}
- Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian (2011 – present){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/29/kezia-dugdale-resigns-as-scottish-labour-party-leader|title=Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour party leader|first=Severin|last=Carrell|date=29 August 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830051907/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/29/kezia-dugdale-resigns-as-scottish-labour-party-leader|archive-date=30 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Scottish Labour MSPs rule out leadership bids|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41096883|website=BBC News|date=30 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830115238/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41096883|archive-date=30 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}
- Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern (2016 – present).{{Cite news|url=https://www.holyrood.com/articles/inside-politics/scottish-labour-leadership-who-could-be-running|title=Scottish Labour leadership: Who could be in the running?|date=2017-08-30|work=Holyrood Magazine|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831001518/https://www.holyrood.com/articles/inside-politics/scottish-labour-leadership-who-could-be-running|archive-date=31 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}
- James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow (2016 – present), MSP for Rutherglen (2011–2016), MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen (2007–2011){{Cite news|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/scotland/james-kelly-certainly-not-running-to-succeed-dugdale-as-scottish-labour-leader/|title=James Kelly 'certainly not' running to succeed Dugdale as Scottish Labour leader – Evening Express|date=2017-08-31|work=Evening Express|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831134624/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/scotland/james-kelly-certainly-not-running-to-succeed-dugdale-as-scottish-labour-leader/|archive-date=31 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}
- Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland (2016 – present){{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2017/08/four-thoughts-state-race-replace-kezia-dugdale|title=Four thoughts on the state of the race to replace Kezia Dugdale|website=New Statesman|date=30 August 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-08-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830204815/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2017/08/four-thoughts-state-race-replace-kezia-dugdale|archive-date=30 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}
- Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland (2011 – present)
- Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow (2016 – present), MSP for Glasgow Kelvin (1999–2011)
- Alex Rowley, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party (2015 –2017) and MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (2016 – present), MSP for Cowdenbeath (2014–2016)
- Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland (2016 – present), MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston (1999–2016)
Results
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="125" | Candidate{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/pages/scottish-leaders-result-2017-slp |title = Scottish Leadership Result 2017 {{!}} Scottish Labour Party |access-date=2017-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118203229/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/pages/scottish-leaders-result-2017-slp |archive-date=18 November 2017 |df=dmy-all }} ! scope="col" colspan="2" width="150"| Party members ! scope="col" colspan="2" width="150" | Registered supporters ! scope="col" colspan="2" width="150"| Affiliated supporters ! scope="col" colspan="3" width="75"| Total | |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Votes ! % | |
| align="right"
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | scope="row" align="left" | Richard Leonard {{Y}} | 9,150 | 51.8% | 38 | 48.1% | 3,281 | 77.3% | 12,469 | align=center | {{percentage bar|56.7 | DC241f}}
| 56.7% |
| align="right"
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | scope="row" align="left"| Anas Sarwar | 8,514 | 48.2% | 41 | 51.9% | 961 | 22.7% | 9,516 | align=center | {{percentage bar|43.3 | DC241f}}
| 43.3% |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220649/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/pages/information-about-leadership-election-2017 Information about Leadership election 2017]. Scottish Labour Party (official website)
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