The Organisation of

Scottish Labour Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak of ...

is a body established under the national rules of the

UK Labour Party The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all gene ...

Timeline

Origins and evolution of Scottish Labour * In August 1888, after contesting the Mid Lanarkshire by-election,

Keir Hardie James Keir Hardie (15 August 185626 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. ...

co-founded with Liberal MP

Robert Cunninghame-Graham Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (24 May 1852 – 20 March 1936) was a Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first ever socialist member of the Parliament of the United Ki ...

the

Scottish Labour Party (1888) The Scottish Labour Party (SLP), also known as the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, was formed by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the first socialist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who later went on to become the first presi ...

with the support of the

Scottish Miners' Federation The National Union of Scottish Mineworkers (NUSW) is a trade union in Scotland, founded in 1894 as the Scottish Miners Federation. It joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and in 1914 changed its name to National Union of Scottish Minew ...

, local trade unions, the Dundee Radical Association, the Scottish Home Rule Association,

Crofters Party The Crofters' Party was the parliamentary arm of the Highland Land League. It managed to elect five MPs in the 1885 general election and a sixth the following year. The Highland Land League had started on the isle of Skye and in 1884 protest a ...

MPs, and the

Scottish Land Restoration League The Scottish Land Restoration League was a Georgism, Georgist political party. History In the 1880s, enclosure was still in process in the Scottish Highlands, and resistance to it often received support from radicals around Britain and Ireland. ...

. * In December 1888, the

Scottish Socialist Federation The Scottish Socialist Federation was a Scottish political party founded by supporters of the Social Democratic Federation in Edinburgh in December 1888.F. W. S. Craig, ''Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections'' In the 1892 general e ...

(SSF) was formed by members of the

Social Democratic Federation The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) was established as Britain's first organised socialist political party by H. M. Hyndman, and had its first meeting on 7 June 1881. Those joining the SDF included William Morris, George Lansbury, James Con ...

. * In August 1891, the Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party (SUTCLP) was formed. * In July 1892 general election, the SUTCLP gained support from the SSF. * In January 1893, Keir Hardie and others formed the

Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates ...

(ILP). * In March 1893, the SUTCLP dissolved, advising members to join the ILP. * In 1893, the Scottish Socialist Federation affiliated with the ILP. * In 1894, the Scottish Labour Party of 1888 had by then made little impact and dissolved itself into the ILP. * In March 1897, the

Scottish Trades Union Congress The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the National trade union center, national trade union centre in Scotland. With 40 affiliated unions as of 2020, the STUC represents over 540,000 trade unionists. The STUC is a separate organisation ...

(STUC) was formed in Glasgow, as a result of a political dispute with the TUC regarding political representation for the Labour movement. * In 1899, the STUC with the ILP's Scottish branch formed the parliamentary campaign group

Scottish Workers' Representation Committee Scottish Workers' Representation Committee was the parliamentary outfit of the Scottish Trades Union Congress from 1899 until 1909. It was known as the Scottish Workers Parliamentary Elections Committee until 1903. In contrast to the Labour Repre ...

(SWRC) * In 1900, the ILP played a central role in the formation of the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) which was created by ILP Chairman Hardie's motion to create a single Labour parliamentary body that was passed at a special conference organised by the TUC. ILP nominee Ramsay MacDonald was elected as Secretary of the LRC. * In 1906, the LRC is renamed the Labour Party, with the ILP becoming a Labour party affiliate and providing much of its activist base. * In 1909, the SWRC was dissolved and merged with the Labour Party. * In 1915, a subordinate Scottish Advisory Council (SAC) was formed by the Labour Party. * In 1918, Scotland was formalised a "region" in the Labour party constitution and the SAC was renamed as the Scottish Council of the Labour Party * In 1994, the Scottish Council of the Labour Party was renamed the Scottish Labour Party. * In 2011, the Scottish Labour Party carried out a review of its organisation and elected its first ever overall leader (

Johann Lamont Johann MacDougall Lamont (; born 11 July 1957) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2011 to 2014. She was previously a junior Scottish Executive minister from 2004 to 2007 and Dep ...

Structure

* UK Labour Party Head Office, London ** UK Labour Leader's Office * UK

National Executive Committee National Executive Committee is the name of a leadership body in several organizations, mostly political parties: * National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, in South Africa * Australian Labor Party National Executive * Nationa ...

** Scottish Labour Party Head Office, Glasgow *** Scottish Labour Leader's Office *** Scottish Executive Committee **** Affiliated STUC trade unions,

socialist societies A socialist society is a membership organisation that is affiliated with the Labour Party in the UK. The best-known and oldest socialist society is the Fabian Society, founded in 1884, some years before the creation of the Labour Party itself ( ...

and the

Co-operative Party The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom, supporting co-operative values and principles. Established in 1917, the Co-operative Party was founded by co-operative societies to campaign politically for the fair ...

**** Scottish Policy Forum ***** Policy commissions & local policy forums **** Scottish Labour Conference *** Scottish Labour Press Office *** Labour Support Unit, Scottish Parliament **

Constituency Labour Parties __NOTOC__ A constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency. In England and Wales, CLP boundaries coincide with those for UK parliam ...

(CLP) *** Branch Labour Parties (BLP)

Scottish Executive Committee

The Scottish Executive Committee is the governing body of the

Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak o ...

, responsible for administrative matters and strategic policy direction. The SEC officially meets every second month, with much of day-to-day party business and operations undertaken in groups and commissions. The SEC has three different membership sections – Constituency Labour Party (CLP) members, elected members and trade unions and affiliates. It is further split into the local government sub-committee and the constitution, fundraising and campaigns working groups. Membership as of 2021: Office Bearers *

Cara Hilton Cara Laura Hilton (born 1975) is a Scottish Labour politician, who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dunfermline from 2013 to 2016. Political career Hilton was the Labour candidate at the Dunfermline by-election on 20 Oc ...

– Chair of the Scottish Labour Party *

Karen Whitefield Karen Whitefield (born 8 January 1970, Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, ...

– Vice-chair *

Cathy Peattie Cathrine "Cathy" Peattie (born 24 November 1951, Grangemouth, Falkirk) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Falkirk East constituency from the 1999 Scottish Parliament election ...

– Treasurer Elected Members *

Anas Sarwar Anas Sarwar (born 14 March 1983) is a Scottish politician who has served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2016, having been Member of Parliame ...

– Leader of the Scottish Labour Party *

Jackie Baillie Jacqueline Marie Baillie (' Barnes; born 15 January 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2020. She has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dumbarton constituency sinc ...

– Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party * Ian Murray – Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland * Maureen Devlin – Local Government * David Ross – Local Government * Meta Ramsay – Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) Group Representative *

Jenny Marra Jennifer Margaret Marra (born 6 November 1977) is a Scottish politician who served as convener of the Public Audit Committee. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotlan ...

– Scottish Parliament Group Representative * Mark Griffin – Scottish Parliament Group Representative Constituency Labour Party members * Johanna Baxter – West of Scotland/ Mid Scotland & Fife *

– West of Scotland/ Mid Scotland & Fife * Lina Nass – North East Scotland/ Highlands & Islands * Marion Sporing – North East Scotland/ Highlands & Islands * Suzan King – Central Scotland/

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

* James Adams – Central Scotland/

* Scott Arthur – Lothians/

South of Scotland South of Scotland may refer to: * The southern portion of Scotland ** Geography of Scotland * South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) * South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency) * South of Scotland District (rugby union) ...

* Ann Henderson – Lothians/

Trade Union Section * Drew Smith – GMB * Cathy Murphy GMB * Jackson Cullinane –

Unite Unite may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums * ''Unite'' (A Friend in London album), 2013 album by Danish band A Friend in London * ''Unite'' (Kool & the Gang album), 1993 * ''Unite'' (The O.C. Supertones album), 2005 Songs ...

* Siobhan McCready –

* Simon Macfarlane –

Unison In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. ''Rhythmic unison'' is another term for homorhythm. Definition Unison or per ...

* Maggie Cook –

* Jacqueline Martin –

USDAW The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of around 360,000 members. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse wo ...

* Karen Whitefield –

– CWU * John McCue –

ASLEF The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a British trade union representing train drivers. It is part of the International Transport Workers' Federation and the European Transport Workers' Federation. At the end of ...

Scottish Labour Women's Committee * Lorna Robertson * Monique McAdams Co-operative Party & Socialist Societies * Ben Procter Scottish Young Labour * Coll Mcail * Lauren Harper

Chairs of Scottish Labour

Scottish Policy Forum

The Scottish Policy Forum (SPF) is a body of the

responsible for developing a rolling policy programme on

devolved Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories h ...

matters. The Scottish Annual Conference approves policies of the SPF programme every year with the

Scottish Executive Committee The Organisation of Scottish Labour is a body established under the Labour Party Rule Book, national rules of the Labour Party (UK), UK Labour Party. Timeline Origins and evolution of Scottish Labour * In August 1888, after contesting the 18 ...

(in conjunction with a committee from the Scottish Parliament Labour Group) deciding which items of the programme are to be incorporated in Labour's manifesto for the

Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...

elections. The SPF policy-making process is led by the 80 members elected from all sections of the party. The SPF establishes policy commissions to draw together policy discussion documents for consultation over three stages. The SPF is subordinate and feeds reports to the

National Policy Forum The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy-making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process. A Provisional National Policy Forum had been established by Bl ...

General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party

The General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party, subordinate to the

General Secretary of the Labour Party The General Secretary of the Labour Party is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party, and acts as the non-voting secretary to the National Executive Committee. When there is a vacancy the National Executive Committee selects a provi ...

, is the administrative head and the most senior permanent staff member of the

. The General Secretary is responsible for running the party's organisation: legal affairs, staff management, campaigns, conferences, and liaising with the UK party. They also act as the Registered Treasurer, responsible for the party's financial accounts.

Staff

* Press Office ** Media Monitoring Unit ** Rebuttal Unit ** Regional press teams * Research Unit (policy and constitutional issues) * Administrative support * Scottish Parliamentary Labour Support Unit (formerly ''SPLP Resource Unit'') Special Advisers to Donald Dewar As Secretary of State for Scotland (1997–1999): *

Wendy Alexander Wendy Alexander (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Scottish politician and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland ...

* Murray Elder * David Whitton As First Minister (1999–2000): *John Rafferty – Chief of staff *Philip Chalmers – Head of the Scottish Executive's strategic communications unit (previously director of polling and marketing for the Scottish Labour Party) * David Whitton * Brian Fitzpatrick *John MacLaren * Professor Donald Maclennan *Neil Gillam *Chris Winslow

Scottish Parliament elections

1999 * Matthew Taylor – Election strategist *

Douglas Alexander Douglas Garven Alexander (born 26 October 1967) is a Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, previously Paisley South, from 1997 until his defeat in 2015. During this time, he served as S ...

– Election coordinator *

Donald Dewar Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was a Scottish politician who served as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. He previously served as ...

– Secretary of State for Scotland *

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chance ...

– Chancellor of the Exchequer *

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and m ...

– Minister of State for Scotland * John Reid – Minister of State for Transport *

Alex Rowley Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley (born 30 November 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017 and acting leader of the party from August to November 2017. He has been a Member of the ...

– General Secretary * Lesley Quinn – Assistant General Secretary *Paul McKinney – Head of communications * David Whitton – Media adviser to Donald Dewar *

Pat McFadden Patrick Bosco McFadden (born 26 March 1965) is a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 20 ...

– Policy adviser to Donald Dewar * John Rowan – Scottish Telephone Bank Organiser * Hilary Perrin – Tours * Bridget Sweeny – Visits *

Ian Austin Ian Christopher Austin, Baron Austin of Dudley (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who sits as a life peer in the House of Lords. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley North from the 2005 general election until the 2019 gen ...

– Deputy director of communications *

Ed Miliband Edward Samuel "Ed" Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband ...

– Rebuttal * John Rafferty – Chief of staff to Donald Dewar * Ann-Marie Whyte – Administration and office manager * Kevin Reid and Suzanne Hilliard – Media monitoring * Chris Winslow – Campaigner and parliamentary researcher to

John Maxton John Alston Maxton, Baron Maxton (born 5 May 1936) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. From 1979 to 2001 he was a backbencher Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons. Early life He is a nephew of the former Independent Labour Pa ...

MP * Willie Sullivan – Development officer

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Jack McConnell Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007. McConnell served as the Minister ...

– Leader and First Minister of Scotland *

Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2021. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) f ...

– Labour Party economics and welfare policy officer *

– Chancellor of the Exchequer *Lesley Quinn – General Secretary 2007 *

– Leader and First Minister of Scotland *

John McTernan John McTernan (born 1959) is a British political strategist and commentator. He has been a political adviser to the Labour Party. McTernan was Prime Minister Tony Blair's Director of Political Operations from 2005 to 2007. He then worked on ...

– Campaign coordinator *

George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (born 21 January 1942) is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member ...

– Campaign vice-chair *

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

– Prime Minister *

– Chancellor of the Exchequer *

– Secretary of State for Scotland *Lesley Quinn – General Secretary 2011 *

Iain Gray Iain Cumming Gray (born 7 June 1957) is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2008 to 2011. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Lothian constituency from 2007 to 2021, having ...

MSP – Leader * Simon Pia – Spokesperson * Michael Marra – Speechwriter * John Park MSP – Campaign coordinator *

Tom Greatrex Thomas James Greatrex (born 30 September 1974) is a British Labour and Co-operative, Labour Co-op politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency), Rutherglen and Hamilton West betw ...

MP – Campaign strategist * Kenny Young – Press Officer * Colin Smyth – General Secretary * Rami Okasha – Head of communications * Sarah Metcalfe – Head of research * Adele Black – Diary secretary * Pat Gordon – Assistant and election agent 2016 *

Kezia Dugdale Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale (born 28 August 1981) is a Scottish former politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017. A former member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, she was a Member of the ...

MSP – Leader *

MSP – Deputy leader * James Kelly MSP – Campaign coordinator *Brian Roy – General Secretary

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MSP – Leader *

MSP – Deputy leader *Kate Watson – Campaign coordinator * Drew Smith – Acting General Secretary

Party finance

Donors * Brian Dempsey *

Willie Haughey William Haughey, Baron Haughey, (born 2 July 1956) is a Scottish businessman, philanthropist and chair of City Facilities Management Holdings Ltd. Career Haughey had attended Holyrood Secondary School followed by Langside College, and then work ...

* John Milligan 2010 general election expenditure: £968,000

References

External links

Report of the Scottish Policy Forum – The Scottish Labour Party

Ideas for a fairer Scotland – second stage consultation document
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Books

* Hassan, Gerry (2004) (ed.) ''The Scottish Labour Party''. Edinburgh University Press. Scottish Labour