Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard
Richard Leonard; MSP
Leader o the Scots Labour Pairty
	In office; 18 November 2017 – 14 January 2021
Depute	Lesley Laird ; Jackie Baillie
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn ; Keir Starmer
Precedit bi	Kezia Dugdale
Succeedit bi	TBD
Member o the Scots Pairlament; for Central Scotland
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 Mey 2016
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 61–62); Yorkshire, Ingland
Poleetical pairty	Labour
Alma mater	Varsity o Stirlin

Richard Leonard (born 1962) is a Labour Pairty politeecian an Member o the Scots Pairlament for the Central Scotland region.^[1] He wis elected leader o the Scots Labour Pairty on 18 November 2017, beatin opponent Anas Sarwar.^[2]

On the 14t o Januar 2021 Leonard demitit his leadership, ceetin COVID-19 an clashmaeclavers fae within the pairty as his raisons.^[3] Syne, it wis lat on at this includit MSP's clypin accounts o private meetins ti journalists^[4] an weel-aff donors threiten ti resile support shuid he hae bade as leader.^[5]

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Richard Leonard MSP


Leader o the Scots Labour Pairty
In office 18 November 2017 – 14 January 2021
Depute	Lesley Laird Jackie Baillie
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Precedit bi	Kezia Dugdale
Succeedit bi	TBD
Member o the Scots Pairlament for Central Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 Mey 2016

Personal details
Born	1962 (age 61–62) Yorkshire, Ingland
Poleetical pairty	Labour
Alma mater	Varsity o Stirlin