Scottish Labour is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist, it holds 17 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in
Donald Dewar alongside the Queen at the opening of the 1st Scottish Parliament, 1999
The Scottish Labour leader and former First Minister, Jack McConnell, in opposition following Scottish Labour's electoral defeat in 2007
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MP Jim Murphy, eventual leader of Scottish Labour, campaigning against Scottish independence, 2014
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. It is located in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh, and is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. It is a democratica
Scottish Labour
…However, this allowed it to devote significant time to the question of Scottish devolution. The Labour Party campaigned for the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament as part of its wider policy of a devolved United Kingdom. In the late 1980s and 1990s it and its representatives participated in the Scottish Constitutional…
Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber 3
Debating Chamber at the Old Royal High School in Edinburgh, the proposed location for the 1978 Scottish Assembly
The Scottish Parliament building, opened in October 2004