James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, was a Scottish politician who served as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords from 2007 until his death in 2026. He had previously serve
Official portrait, 2003
Official deputy first minister portrait, 1999
Wallace at the Accession Council of King Charles III, September 2022
Official portrait, 2019
Henry McLeish
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Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish politician, author, academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of 1 year, 12 days, he is the
Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness
…from 1999 to 2005, and during that time was twice acting First Minister, in 2000, in the aftermath of Donald Dewar's death, and in 2001, following Henry McLeish's resignation. Wallace was Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 1992 to 2005 and Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from…
Official portrait, 2000
McLeish, third from the right, seated at the first meeting of the Dewar government, 1999
McLeish meets with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House, 2001
McLeish at a charity football match in 2011