Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2008
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The 2008 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
, and was triggered following the resignation of Cathy Jamieson
, who stood down in order to campaign in the leadership election
which is being held alongside the deputy leadership election. Johann Lamont won the election and was elected deputy leader on Saturday 13 September.
The timetable for the election was finalised on Monday 28 July, and is identical to that of the leadership election. Nominations closed on Friday 1 August with the result declaration being made on September 13.
Source: Scottish Labour
Both of the declared candidates received more than five nominations from MSPs
, which was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper, by the close of nominations at 12:00 UTC+1 on August 1, 2008.
, following which Westminster MPs
, constituency Labour parties and affiliated trade union organisation can submit 'supporting nominations', providing their backing to a specific candidates. These nominations can be seen in the tables below;
.
In order to be elected, one candidate must have achieved a majority of votes, i.e. 50% plus 1 vote.
Source: - The Citizen: Campaigning for Socialism
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
, and was triggered following the resignation of Cathy Jamieson
Cathy Jamieson
Catherine Mary "Cathy" Jamieson is a UK Labour party politician and the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock & Loudoun. She has previously been Deputy Leader and Acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, former Minister for Justice in the Scottish Executive, and Labour Co-operative Member of the...
, who stood down in order to campaign in the leadership election
Scottish Labour Party leadership election, 2008
The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donations to her own leadership campaign in 2007...
which is being held alongside the deputy leadership election. Johann Lamont won the election and was elected deputy leader on Saturday 13 September.
The timetable for the election was finalised on Monday 28 July, and is identical to that of the leadership election. Nominations closed on Friday 1 August with the result declaration being made on September 13.
Successfully nominated candidates
- Johann Lamont - nominated by 18 MSPs
- Bill Butler - nominated by 7 MSPs
Source: Scottish Labour
Both of the declared candidates received more than five nominations from MSPs
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
, which was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper, by the close of nominations at 12:00 UTC+1 on August 1, 2008.
Nominations
Candidates are initially nominated by their parliamentary colleagues from within the Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
, following which Westminster MPs
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, constituency Labour parties and affiliated trade union organisation can submit 'supporting nominations', providing their backing to a specific candidates. These nominations can be seen in the tables below;
| Nominations from MSPs | |
|---|---|
| Johann Lamont MSP | Bill Butler MSP |
| Jackie Baillie Jackie Baillie Jacqueline Marie Baillie is a Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Dumbarton constituency and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy.-Background:... MSP |
Bill Butler MSP |
| Sarah Boyack Sarah Boyack Sarah Boyack MSP is a Scottish Labour MSP for the Lothian region and formerly constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament.... MSP |
Cathy Craigie MSP |
| Malcolm Chisholm Malcolm Chisholm Malcolm Chisholm is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and a former Scottish Executive minister.-Background:Chisholm was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh and became an English teacher. He is married with three children... MSP |
Patricia Ferguson Patricia Ferguson Patricia Josephine Ferguson is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill, a seat which she has held since 1999.- Background :... MSP |
| Margaret Curran MSP | Marlyn Glen Marlyn Glen Marlyn Glen is a Scottish Labour politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland region from 2003 till she stood down in the election of 2011.... MSP |
| Helen Eadie Helen Eadie Helen Eadie is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician and has represented Dunfermline East in the Scottish Parliament since 1999.-Background:... MSP |
Cathy Peattie Cathy Peattie Cathy Peattie is a Scottish Labour politician and was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk East from 1999 to 2011. In the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, she was defeated by Angus MacDonald of the Scottish National Party.-External links:* new site for 2011 election*... MSP |
| George Foulkes George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, PC is a British Labour Party life peer. He has been a member of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Scottish Parliament... MSP |
Elaine Smith Elaine Smith Elaine Smith is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Coatbridge and Chryston constituency since 1999.... MSP |
| Karen Gillon Karen Gillon Karen Gillon, née Turnbull is a Scottish Labour politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydesdale from 1999 to 2011. She had previously served as personal assistant to Helen Liddell MP since 1997.... MSP |
Karen Whitefield Karen Whitefield Karen Whitefield is a Scottish politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency.... MSP |
| Trish Godman Trish Godman Patricia "Trish" Godman is a misandrist and Scottish Labour politician. She was Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Renfrewshire constituency from the Scottish Parliament general election, 1999 until her retirement in 2011.Before entering the Scottish Parliament Godman was a Glasgow City... MSP |
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| Rhoda Grant Rhoda Grant Rhoda Grant is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands region from 1999 to 2003 and since 2007.... MSP |
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| James Kelly James Kelly (Scottish politician) James Kelly is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Rutherglen constituency. He was elected for the first time in the 2007 Scottish Election.... MSP |
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| Johann Lamont MSP | |
| Frank McAveety MSP | |
| Duncan McNeil Duncan McNeil Duncan McNeil is a Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde.-Career:From 1965 to 1979 he worked as a boilermaker at Scott Lithgow, initially as an apprentice... MSP |
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| Pauline McNeill Pauline McNeill Pauline McNeill is a Labour politician and formerly a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Kelvin, Scotland, having been elected in the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007... MSP |
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| Des McNulty Des McNulty Des McNulty is a Labour politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency from 1999 to 2011, serving as Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning until he was defeated for re-election at the 2011 election.-Early life... MSP |
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| Elaine Murray Elaine Murray Dr Elaine Murray is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire since 1999. At the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections, Dr Murray increased her percentage share of the vote... MSP |
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| Richard Simpson Richard Simpson (politician) Richard Simpson is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Ochil constituency from 1999 to 2003 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid-Scotland and Fife region as of the 2007 election... MSP |
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| David Whitton David Whitton David Whitton is a British journalist, Labour party politician and former MSP. He was elected to the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden in 2007, defeating the incumbent Independent MSP Jean Turner, and losing the seat at the 2011 election to Fiona McLeod of the Scottish National... MSP |
| Supporting Nominations | |
|---|---|
| Johann Lamont MSP | Bill Butler MSP |
| Anne Begg Anne Begg Dame Anne Begg, DBE is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South since 1997... MP |
Katy Clark Katy Clark Kathryn Sloan Clark is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union official who has been the Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran since 2005.-Early life:... MP |
| Brian Donohoe Brian Donohoe Brian Harold Donohoe is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union official, who has been the Member of Parliament for Central Ayrshire since 2005, and was first elected in 1992.-Early life:... MP |
David Hamilton David Hamilton (politician) David Hamilton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Midlothian since 2001.David Hamilton was born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, and was educated at the local Dalkeith High School... MP |
| Tom Harris MP | Ann McKechin MP |
| Eric Joyce Eric Joyce Eric Stuart Joyce is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Falkirk since 2005. Joyce served as a Private in the Black Watch before attending University and subsequently rejoining the army as a commissioned officer... MP |
Anne Moffat Anne Moffat Anne Moffat, Mrs. Picking is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for East Lothian from 2001 to 2010... MP |
| Thomas McAvoy MP | Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin and In America.-Life and career:... MP |
| Jim McGovern MP | Gavin Strang Gavin Strang Gavin Steel Strang is a British politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years , representing Edinburgh East in the Labour interest. He served as a minister in the 1974-1979 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair... MP |
| Rosemary McKenna Rosemary McKenna Rosemary McKenna CBE is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East until 2010.-Early life:... MP |
David Martin David Martin (Scottish politician) David Martin is a British Labour Party politician, and member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He was educated outside of Edinburgh at Liberton High School. He was first elected as a councillor in 1982, and won the Lothians seat in the 1984 European Parliament elections... MEP |
| Sandra Osborne Sandra Osborne Sandra Currie Osborne is a Scottish Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock since 2005. She was first elected in 1997, and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the Iraq War. She was a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2005–10... MP |
Catherine Stihler Catherine Stihler Catherine Stihler is a British Labour Party politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1999, being re-elected in 2004 and 2009... MEP |
| Community Community (trade union) Community is a UK trade union representing workers in the iron and steel, domestic appliance manufacturing, clothing, textiles, footwear and betting industries as well as workers in voluntary organisations, workshops for visually impaired and disabled people, community-care providers and housing... |
ASLEF |
| GMB Scotland | CWU Communication Workers Union (UK) The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies, with 215,000 members.... |
| NUM Scotland | TSSA Transport Salaried Staffs' Association The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association is a trade union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland... |
| UCATT | Socialist Health Association Socialist Health Association The Socialist Medical Association was founded in 1930, in order to campaign for a National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It took in many of those who had been active in the State Medical Service Association... |
| Unite (Amicus Section) Unite the Union Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union... |
Socialist Education Association Scotland Socialist Education Association The Socialist Educational Association is an independent socialist educational organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is affiliated to the Labour Party as a socialist society, acting as the party's think tank on educational matters for 75 years... |
| Unite (T&G Section) Unite the Union Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union... |
Scottish Co-operative Party Co-operative Party The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative principles. The party does not put up separate candidates for any UK election itself. Instead, Co-operative candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour... |
| SERA Scotland Socialist Environment and Resources Association The Socialist Environment and Resources Association , founded in 1973, is an independent environmental association affiliated to the UK Labour Party as a socialist society. More recently it has used the name 'SERA - the Labour Environment Campaign', rather than its full name.SERA campaigns to... |
UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
| Scottish Labour Students Scottish Labour Students Scottish Labour Students , is a student society, affiliated to the Scottish Labour Party and forms an important part of the UK-wide organisation Labour Students.... |
Usdaw |
| Aberdeen South Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency) Aberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... CLP |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CLP |
| Central Ayrshire CLP | Aberdeen North Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency) Aberdeen North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... CLP |
| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CLP | Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council... CLP |
| Dumfries & Galloway CLP | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system.... CLP |
| East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of... CLP |
Dundee East Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1950s:... CLP |
| East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde... CLP |
Dundee West Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency) Dundee West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system.... CLP |
| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency) East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005... CLP |
Edinburgh West Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency) Edinburgh West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , first used in the 1885 general election... CLP |
| East Lothian East Lothian East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh.... CLP |
Glasgow North CLP |
| Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , first used in the 1997 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... CLP |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency) Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system.-Boundaries:... CLP |
| Edinburgh South West CLP | Livingston Livingston, Scotland Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles west of Edinburgh and 30 miles east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest.Livingston... CLP |
| Falkirk Falkirk Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow.... CLP |
Midlothian Midlothian Midlothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas.... CLP |
| Glasgow Central Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . In its current form, the constituency was first used in the general election of 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997.- Boundaries :The Redistribution of Seats Act... CLP |
North Ayrshire and Arran CLP |
| Glasgow North East CLP | Paisley and Renfrewshire North CLP |
| Glasgow North West CLP | |
| Glasgow South West CLP | |
| Inverclyde Inverclyde Inverclyde is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire - which current exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area - located in the west... CLP |
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| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CLP | |
| Moray Moray Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :... CLP |
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| Na h-Eileanan an Iar CLP | |
| North East Fife North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency) North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Sir Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats... CLP |
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| Orkney CLP | |
| Rutherglen and Hamilton West CLP | |
| West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs, West Dunbartonshire also borders onto Argyll and Bute, Stirling, East... CLP |
Result
The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.
In order to be elected, one candidate must have achieved a majority of votes, i.e. 50% plus 1 vote.
| Candidate | Members of affiliated organisations | Individual members | MPs, MSPs and MEPs | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Lamont | 17.19% | 18.31% | 24.68% | 60.18% | |
| Bill Butler | 16.14% | 15.02% | 8.66% | 39.82% | |
| Johann Lamont elected deputy leader | |||||
Source: - The Citizen: Campaigning for Socialism
Suggested candidates not standing
The following either publicly suggested they would stand for election or received media speculation to that effect. However at the close of nominations they had not been nominated by any MSPs.- Des McNultyDes McNultyDes McNulty is a Labour politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency from 1999 to 2011, serving as Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning until he was defeated for re-election at the 2011 election.-Early life...
has said he would "be inviting support from Holyrood colleagues". McNulty ultimately nominated Johann Lamont. - Margaret Curran. Originally intended to stand in the leadership election, however she subsequently stood in and lost the Glasgow East by-electionGlasgow East by-election, 2008The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered when, on 30 June 2008, the sitting MP David Marshall stood down due to ill health....
on July 24, raising questions over any leadership or deputy leadership ambitions. Curran ultimately nominated Johann Lamont.
Timeline of Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 28 July 2008 | • Cathy Jamieson stands down as deputy leader of Scottish Labour in order to concentrate on her campaign in the leadership election, however she remains Acting Leader. • Scottish Labour's procedure committee meet and agree the timetable for the leadership and deputy leadership elections. |
| 30 July 2008 | • Scottish Labour confirm that both Bill Butler and Johann Lamont have received sufficient nominations and are therefore official candidates. |
| 1 August 2008 | • Nominations closed with two candidates having been successfully nominated. |
| 13 September 2008 | • Declaration of result made - Johann Lamont elected deputy leader of Scottish Labour. |