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A Scottish Labour Party spokesman said an investigation already underway into Mr Dempster's behaviour would «consider any new allegations».

He also gave qualified support to Jim Murphy, saying he should remain leader of the Scottish Labour party «for now».

This section should summarise the Scottish Labour Party in the most general terms, before elaboration in following sections.

There is not a leader of the Scottish Labour Party but Cathy Jamieson is the caretaker yes but the leader of the Scottish Labour Party is different from the entire Labour Party.

I think Johann will be a big part of the Scottish Labour Party for years to come».

The 2014 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deputy.

Elsewhere, the peer said Mr Murphy should stay in charge of the Scottish Labour party «for the moment» to allow for a «proper discussion of the way ahead».

After narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence by 17 votes to 14 at a meeting of the party's Executive Committee in Glasgow on 16 May 2015, Murphy announced that he would step down as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in June.

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The Name of this Party is UK Labour Party Scottish Branch as the quoted «Scottish Labour Party» Does NOT EXIST they are officially registered as the Branch Accounting Office for UK Labour Party» on the Official Records 109.153.163.246 (talk) 14:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

For Jim Sillars, the charismatic MP for South Ayrshire, the answer was to form a breakaway Scottish Labour Party (SLP) which sought to synthesise the ambition for constitutional change with Scotland's socialist tradition.

The 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

[101] In her speech, Dugdale said that the party's «focus has to be on the future — a Scottish Labour party that's fighting fit and fighting for our future».

Mr Leonard told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that it would be a «mistake» to «throw all our eggs in the basket of saying the Scottish Labour Party supports full membership of the single market» while Brexit negotiations were ongoing.

[144][145] In her letter of resignation, submitted to Scottish Labour Party Chairman Jamie Glackin, Lamont accused «senior members of the party» of questioning her role and said that she was taking herself «out of the equation» to allow Scottish Labour to have a discussion about the best way forward.

The Scottish Labour Party showing partisan political self - interest?

But now, we need to start building the kind of Scottish Labour Party which Scotland deserves and which Scotland needs.»

I read an excellent piece by a Scottish academic in a recent New Statesman and he argued well that Scotland had quite a social democratic tradition but that Scottish Labour Party deserted this swallowing New Labour hook, line and sinker so the SNP were happy to fill a popular void.

[45][54] In her acceptance speech, Lamont told party activists, «Together we will change the Scottish Labour Party and win the chance to serve the people of Scotland again and make Scotland all that we know it can be.»

Miliband paid tribute to Lamont shortly after she announced that she intended to relinquish the leadership role, saying she had «led the Scottish Labour Party with determination».

Ninety - one percent of SNP supporters say the Scottish Labour Party represents the views and interests of Scotland either fairly badly (32 %) or very badly (59 %).

Only three parties have been able to secure more than 5 % of the seats in each of the past four elections: the Scottish Labour Party (Lab), the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the Conservative Party (Con).

The Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour Party had a small representation each, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats stood four candidates, all of whom were unsuccessful.

She has eclipsed the Scottish Labour Party and Lib Dems and is seen very much by Alex Salmond as the real leader of the opposition, but the Tories remain stuck in the polling doldrums in Scotland.

The election saw the Scottish Labour Party gain 5 seats to regain an overall majority on the Council that they had lost at the time of the 2007 Local Elections, while also significantly increasing their vote.

The newly elected leader of the Scottish Labour party has refused to be drawn on the UK Labour Party leadership race.

Hanzala Shaheed Malik is a Scottish Labour Party politician.

Beamish's daughter, Claudia Hamilton Beamish, after standing for the South of Scotland in the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale at the 2010 general election was elected Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament, representing the South of Scotland under the list system on 5 May 2011.

Following the resignation of Johann Lamont, Mr Sarwar became the interim leader of the Scottish Labour Party, until Jim Murphy's appointment in December last year.

The Labour leader, who explained he struck an admiring tone of the Iron Lady in the last fortnight because «it was right to show respect», told the Scottish Labour party conference the UK once more faces the need for the same scale of fundamental reforms achieved by Thatcher — and he is the man to make that change.

Sarwar announced his resignation at the Scottish Labour party's Gala Dinner in Glasgow on Thursday evening.

These revelations have not just damaged himself: they've tainted the Scottish Labour party too.

A Scottish Labour party spokesperson said: «The Labour party has a longstanding, clear commitment to a woman's right to choose and although abortion is now devolved there should be no dilution of women's rights.»

Is there any evidence of pre-booked TV studios or as with the comments about expelling the Scottish Labour Party, do we need to take it that evidence of the allegation is irrelevant and we simply go into fantasy land?

The entire Scottish Labour Party should be expelled.

If I am leader it is not for anyone else, in any other part of the United Kingdom, to tell me who I can employ in the Scottish Labour party.

The Scottish Labour Party Leadership nominations have now closed with no unexpected candidates.

It is beyond appalling that this meeting was being facilitated by a Labour party shadow minister for equality, and in contradiction of stated Scottish Labour party policy.»

«This will allow the Scottish Labour party, its members and affiliates the opportunity to not only elect a new leader but a new leadership team focused on winning in 2016.»

The leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Jim Murphy, lost his Renfrewshire East to the SNP, having held the seat since 2005.

He added: «I think it is time for a fresh start for the Scottish Labour party,» he said.

«I want to strike a tone that stops the Scottish Labour Party from committing self - harm.

«If certain people run a campaign to vote these rules down, they are in danger of shutting the Scottish Labour party down.»

Johann Lamont is to stand down as leader of the Scottish Labour party, after describing some of her Westminster colleagues as dinosaurs who do not understand the politics they are facing since the referendum.

But, as its own constitution suggests, that's exactly what it is: «The Scottish Labour party is registered with the Electoral Commission as an Accounting Unit (AU) of the UK Labour party and is therefore not a registered political party under the terms of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.»

Sarwar said: «I have come to a decision I believe is in the best interest of the Scottish Labour Party.

The left has enjoyed plenty of meaningful eye contact with the Communist Party of Great Britain, and a succession of knee - tremblers with the Independent Labour Party, the Scottish Labour Party, and the Socialist Labour Party.

«Be under no illusions that the «branch office» tag that the Scottish Labour Party got has completely destroyed the Labour Party in Scotland.