Both Kezia Dugdale and Ken Macintosh have made the ballot in the Scottish Labour leadership election, while Richard Baker, Gordon Matheson and Alex Rowley have all made the ballot in the race for deputy leader. Nominations closed at 12 noon today, having opened on Monday – you can see the full list of nominations below.
The party has also confirmed four hustings events, with the first taking place the coming Monday, 22nd June. The debates will take place as follows:
Monday 22nd June: Edinburgh, 7pm
Wednesday 24th June: Glasgow, 7pm
Friday 26th June: Aberdeen, 7pm
Monday 29th June: Dundee, 7pm
Both Dugdale and Macintosh made the ballot with their parliamentary nominations (you can also receive nominations from councillors). The threshold to reach was 15% of MSPs, MPs and MEPs – 6 nominations. Dugdale received 30 nominations (including Scottish Labour’s only MP and one of the two MEPs), and Macintosh received 7 (all MSPs).
Dugdale – 30 | Macintosh – 7 |
Jackie Baillie MSP | Margaret McCulloch MSP |
Claire Baker MSP | Margaret McDougall MSP |
Richard Baker MSP | Siobhan McMahon MSP |
Jayne Baxter MSP | Michael McMahon MSP |
Claudia Beamish MSP | Anne McTaggart MSP |
Neil Bibby MSP | Graeme Pearson MSP |
Sarah Boyack MSP | John Pentland MSP |
Malcolm Chisholm MSP | |
Mary Fee MSP | |
Patricia Ferguson MSP | |
Neil Findlay MSP | |
Rhoda Grant MSP | |
Iain Gray MSP | |
Mark Griffin MSP | |
Cara Hilton MSP | |
James Kelly MSP | |
Johann Lamont MSP | |
Lewis Macdonald MSP | |
Hanzala Malik MSP | |
Jenny Marra MSP | |
Paul Martin MSP | |
Duncan McNeil MSP | |
Elaine Murray MSP | |
Ian Murray MP | |
Alex Rowley MSP | |
Richard Simpson MSP | |
Drew Smith MSP | |
Elaine Smith MSP | |
David Stewart MSP | |
Catherine Stihler MEP |
The deputy leader nominations came from both parliamentarians and councillors. Richard Baker MSP received 14 parliamentarian nominations, Cllr Gordon Matheson received 2, and Alex Rowley MSP received 10.
Baker – 14 | Matheson – 2 | Rowley – 10 |
Siobhan McMahon MSP | John Pentland MSP | Margaret McCulloch MSP |
Michael McMahon MSP | Richard Simpson MSP | Anne McTaggart MSP |
Graeme Pearson MSP | Jayne Baxter MSP | |
Jackie Baillie MSP | Claudia Beamish MSP | |
Claire Baker MSP | Malcolm Chisholm MSP | |
Richard Baker MSP | Neil Findlay MSP | |
Mary Fee MSP | Cara Hilton MSP | |
Iain Gray MSP | Hanzala Malik MSP | |
James Kelly MSP | Alex Rowley MSP | |
Lewis Macdonald MSP | Elaine Smith MSP | |
Paul Martin MSP | ||
Ian Murray MP | ||
David Stewart MSP | ||
Catherine Stihler MEP |
If the parliamentary threshold was not reached, candidates for the first time come qualify with councillor nominations – the threshold was 15% of councillor nominations. With 212 councillors nominating, the threshold to reach was 36. Baker (who qualifies with most parliamentary nominations) received 30, Matheson (the leader of Glasgow Council) received 108, and Rowley received 74.
Baker – 30 | Matheson – 108 | Rowley – 74 |
Cllr Angela Taylor | Cllr Willie Young | Cllr Nathan Morrison |
Cllr Jean Morrison | Cllr Barney Crockett | Cllr Lesley Brennan |
Cllr Jenny Laing | Cllr George Adam | Cllr Gordon Munro |
Cllr Ross Grant | Cllr David Stitt | Cllr Allyson Black |
Cllr Neil Cooney | Cllr Ronnie Nicholson | Cllr Rosemary Murray |
Cllr Gordon Graham | Cllr Jeff Leaver | Cllr Craig R Martin |
Cllr Ramsay Milne | Cllr Ted Thompson | Cllr Helen Law |
Cllr Scott Carle | Cllr Colin Smyth | Cllr Lesley Laird |
Cllr Graeme Lawrence | Cllr John Martin | Cllr Gary Guichan |
Cllr Len Ironside | Cllr Graeme Tait | Cllr Linda Erskine |
Cllr Alison Evison | Cllr Sean Marshall | Cllr Kay Morrison |
Cllr Norma McGovern | Cllr Archie Dryburgh | Cllr Kay Carrington |
Cllr Karen Keil | Cllr Maureen McKay | Cllr Judy Hamilton |
Cllr Angela Blacklock | Cllr Lillian Jones | Cllr David Graham |
Cllr Norma Austin Hart | Cllr Elaine Dinwoodie | Cllr Mike Shirkie |
Cllr Keith Robson | Cllr Gordon Cree | Cllr Pat Callaghan |
Cllr Maureen Child | Cllr John Knapp | Cllr Billy Pollock |
Cllr Karen Doran | Cllr Neil McGhee | Cllr Bob Young |
Cllr Ricky Henderson | Cllr William Menzies | Cllr Jim Leishman |
Cllr Eric Milligan | Cllr William Crawford | Cllr William Campbell |
Cllr Paul Godzik | Cllr John McGhee | Cllr Alex Campbell |
Cllr Ian Perry | Cllr George Mair | Cllr Peter Lockhart |
Cllr Gavin Yates | Cllr Maureen Henry | Cllr Mark Hood |
Cllr Elaine McDougall | Cllr Una Walker | Cllr Peter George |
Cllr Martin McElroy | Cllr Rhondda Geekie | Cllr Brian Thomson |
Cllr Jim Muirhead | Cllr Manjinder Shergill | Cllr Charles Haffey |
Cllr Peter Nolan | Cllr Alan Moir | Cllr Tom Adams |
Cllr Stuart Clark | Cllr Michael O’Donnell | Cllr John Wincott |
Cllr George Greenshields | Cllr Paul O’Kane | Cllr Ian Sloan |
Cllr Yvonne Allan | Cllr Andrew Burns | Cllr Jim Young |
Cllr Helen Stephen | Cllr Lawrence Brown | |
Cllr Emma Gillan | Cllr Kenneth Selbie | |
Cllr Fariha Thomas | Cllr David Ross | |
Cllr Pauline McKeever | Cllr Neil Crooks | |
Cllr Maureen Burke | Cllr Altany Craik | |
Cllr Anne Simpson | Cllr Aileen Colleran | |
Cllr Marie Garrity | Cllr Yvonne Kucuk | |
Cllr Judith Fisher | Cllr Hanif Raja | |
Cllr Liz Cameron | Cllr Frank McAveety | |
Cllr Rashid Hussain | Cllr George Redmond | |
Cllr Archie Graham | Cllr Alistair Watson | |
Cllr Martin Rhodes | Cllr Margot Russell | |
Cllr Stephen Curran | Cllr Alex Bennett | |
Cllr Martin Neill | Cllr Bryan Pottinger | |
Cllr James Scanlon | Cllr John Bell | |
Cllr Allan Stewart | Cllr Joseph Cullinane | |
Cllr Gilbert Davidson | Cllr David O’Neill | |
Cllr Gordon Matheson | Cllr Jim Montgomerie | |
Cllr Philip Braat | Cllr Stephanie Griffin | |
Cllr James Coleman | Cllr Pat O’Rorke | |
Cllr Christopher Kelly | Cllr Alan Clinch | |
Cllr Matt Kerr | Cllr William Hogg | |
Cllr Jonathan Findlay | Cllr Bob Chadha | |
Cllr Paul Carey | Cllr Sam Love | |
Cllr Frank Docherty | Cllr Peter Sullivan | |
Cllr Russell Robertson | Cllr Jock Munro | |
Cllr John Kelly | Cllr Callum Gillies | |
Cllr Paul Rooney | Cllr Archie Maclellan | |
Cllr James Adams | Cllr Jim Harte | |
Cllr Malcolm Cunning | Cllr Jim Sharkey | |
Cllr John Kane | Cllr Tommy Williams | |
Cllr Jim Clocherty | Cllr Brian McGinley | |
Cllr Stephen McCabe | Cllr Philip Saxton | |
Cllr Robert Moran | Cllr Margaret Brisley | |
Cllr Martin Brennan | Cllr John Hendry | |
Cllr Joe Mcllwee | Cllr Gail Casey | |
Cllr Gerry Dorrian | Cllr Angela Moohan | |
Cllr Terry Loughran | Cllr Frank Toner | |
Cllr Kenny Young | Cllr Harry Cartmill | |
Cllr Jim McCabe | Cllr Tony Boyle | |
Cllr James Coyle | Cllr Dave King | |
Cllr James Smith | Cllr David Dodds | |
Cllr Anne Hall | Cllr Corrie McChord | |
Cllr Maureen Sharkey | Cllr Kenny Earle | |
Cllr Margaret Devine | ||
Cllr Mike Holmes | ||
Cllr Sam Mullin | ||
Cllr John Caldwell | ||
Cllr John Hood | ||
Cllr Eddie Devine | ||
Cllr Mark Macmillan | ||
Cllr Alex Murrin | ||
Cllr Eddie Grady | ||
Cllr John McDowall | ||
Cllr Lynsey Hamilton | ||
Cllr Margaret Cooper | ||
Cllr Pamela Clearie | ||
Cllr Catherine McClymont | ||
Cllr Janice McGinlay | ||
Cllr Alan Falconer | ||
Cllr Joe Lowe | ||
Cllr Alex McInnes | ||
Cllr Jim Docherty | ||
Cllr Gerry Convery | ||
Cllr Gerard Killen | ||
Cllr Edward McAvoy | ||
Cllr Richard Tullett | ||
Cllr Russell Clearie | ||
Cllr Bert Thomson | ||
Cllr John McNamee | ||
Cllr Brian McCaig | ||
Cllr Lesley McDonald | ||
Cllr Andrew Carmichael | ||
Cllr Jackie Burns | ||
Cllr Christine Simpson | ||
Cllr Johanna Boyd | ||
Cllr Lawrence O’Neill | ||
Cllr Martin Rooney |
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