Kezia Dugdale
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Kezia Dugdale MSP | |
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| Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | |
In office 15 August 2015 – 29 August 2017 | |
| Deputy | Alex Rowley |
| Preceded by | Jim Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Richard Leonard |
Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Finance and the Constitution | |
In office 25 May 2016 – 29 August 2017 | |
| Leader | Alex Rowley (Acting) Jackie Baillie (Acting) Richard Leonard |
| Shadowing | Derek Mackay |
| Preceded by | Jackie Baillie |
| Succeeded by | James Kelly |
| Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | |
In office 13 December 2014 – 13 June 2015 | |
| Leader | Jim Murphy |
| Preceded by | Anas Sarwar |
| Succeeded by | Alex Rowley |
Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning | |
In office 29 June 2013 – 13 December 2014 | |
| Leader | Johann Lamont |
| Shadowing | Mike Russell Angela Constance |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Iain Gray |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Fiona Hyslop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1981-08-28) 28 August 1981 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen University of Edinburgh |
| Website | Official website |
Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale (born 28 August 1981)[1] is a Scottish politician. She was the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 15 August 2015 until her resignation on 29 August 2017.[2]
Dugdale was previously the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2014 to 2015, and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothian region since 2011.[1][3] In November 2017, Dugdale appeared as a contestant on the seventeenth series of ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[4]
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Political career
2.1 Early career
2.2 Scottish Parliament election, 2011
2.3 Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
2.4 Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
3 Policy positions
4 Media
5 Personal life
6 References
Early life and education[edit]
Dugdale was born in Aberdeen in 1981.[1] She attended secondary school at Harris Academy in Dundee, where she was Head Girl.[5] She studied Law at the University of Aberdeen from 1999–2003, and completed a Master's Degree in Policy Studies from 2004–06 at the University of Edinburgh.[1] As well as living in Aberdeen and Dundee, she has resided in Elgin, Moray, before settling in Edinburgh in 2003. Whilst attending university, Dugdale worked as Campaigns and Welfare Adviser for Edinburgh University Students' Association and as Public Affairs Officer at the National Union of Students Scotland.[1]
Political career[edit]
Early career[edit]
She sat on Scottish Labour's Policy Forum from 2006–2008, as well as serving as an election agent to both Sarah Boyack MSP and Sheila Gilmore MP.[6] She had also volunteered as a researcher in the parliamentary office of Pauline McNeill MSP.[7]
She worked from 2007 to 2011 for the Labour Lothian regional MSP George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, as his parliamentary office manager and political adviser.[1]
Scottish Parliament election, 2011[edit]
In the 2011, she was elected to the Scottish Parliament, as Scottish Labour's second candidate on their list for the Lothian Region. She serves as a Scottish Labour and Co-operative Member and currently sits on the Local Government and Regeneration and Subordinate Legislation Committees.[8][9] Dugdale was appointed as Scottish Labour's Spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning on 29 June 2013.[10]
In 2014, members of the Edinburgh Eastern Constituency Labour Party selected Dugdale as their candidate for the 2016 Scottish Parliament Election. Despite her higher profile as a major party leader, Dugdale lost Edinburgh Eastern on polling day, trailing the SNP candidate by 5,087 votes.
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party[edit]
In 2014, she was elected as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, replacing Anas Sarwar, and defeating Katy Clark. As Jim Murphy, Scottish Labour's leader, did not have a seat in the Scottish Parliament, she stood in for him at First Minister's Questions.[11]
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party[edit]
On 13 June 2015, Dugdale resigned from the Deputy leadership in order to seek the leadership in the leadership election, which she won on 15 August.[3]
During an August 2015 interview with The Guardian, she refused to publicly say who out of the four candidates in the UK Labour leadership election she supported, but did express serious doubts as to whether Jeremy Corbyn could ever become Prime Minister.[12] After Corbyn had been elected as Leader of the Labour Party on 13 September, she revealed for the first time, on BBC Question Time on 30 October; that she had voted for Yvette Cooper.[13]
On 29 June 2016, Dugdale called for Corbyn to resign from his position as Leader of the Labour Party, after 174-to-40 Labour MPs voted backing a no-confidence motion in Corbyn's leadership. Dugdale said that when at least 80% of his own MPs have lost confidence in his leadership, and no longer support him, Corbyn could not properly do the job of Labour Leader, could not function as Leader of the Official Opposition in parliament, and nor could he form a potential alternative government.[14]
On 22 August, Dugdale declared her support for Owen Smith against Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election. She also said her position would remain tenable were Corbyn to win re-election.[15] After Corbyn won the leadership election, she first said that this made the Labour Party unelectable, then stated the opposite, prompting criticism from Ken Livingstone who pointed out that most people in Britain had not heard of Dugdale.[16]
On 29 August 2017, Dugdale resigned as leader of Scottish Labour with immediate effect, commenting that it was time to "pass on the baton" to someone else. She opined that her successor needed the "space and time" to prepare for the next Scottish Parliament election in 2021.[2]
Policy positions[edit]
Dugdale has said she wants to end the charitable status of private schools in Scotland which gives them tax breaks; in her opinion, this is unfair to state schools.[17]
In a 27 July 2015 televised leadership debate with Ken Macintosh, she said it was wrong that the vast majority of the 232 Labour MPs abstained on the Conservative Government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill in 20 July second reading vote in the House of Commons.[18]
Following the Lord Sewel scandal and resignation on 28 July 2015, she said the House of Lords should no longer be an unelected chamber and should be moved to Glasgow.[12]
Media[edit]
In November 2017, ITV announced that Dugdale would appear as a contestant on its reality television series, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[19] It was subsequently reported that she faced disciplinary action from the Labour Party because she did not notify party managers she would be out of the country on non-work related business while the Scottish parliament is in session.[20] On 21 November, the party said that she would not be suspended.[21] She subsequently received a written warning from Labour regarding the episode upon her return to Scotland in mid December.[22]
Dugdale made her first appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on 22 November.[23] She became the second person to be eliminated from the show. Speaking about the experience afterwards, she said that she knew her appearance on the programme would be a "political gamble", but that she wanted to "take on the myth that every politician [is] old, white, male, pale and stale" and would return home "with my head held high".[24]
Personal life[edit]
Dugdale says her interests include the theatre, Scottish crime novels, and the city of Edinburgh. She supports Hibernian F.C., living close to their ground at Easter Road.[25] At university she had little real interest in student politics, and rose to become the vice president of the Aberdeen University Dolly Parton Society (AUDPS). She has lived in the Lochend, and Meadowbank, area since 2006.[26] She is a member of Unite the Union and the Community trade union. She has a weekly column in the Daily Record, and has written for LabourList and Progress.[6]
In a 2016 interview with Mary Riddell for the Fabian Review, Dugdale said that she was in a relationship with a woman, but that she was disinclined to provide details of her private life.[27][28] She first appeared in public with her partner Louise Riddell when they voted together in Edinburgh at the Scottish Parliament election in May 2016.[29][30][31] In February 2017 Dugdale revealed that the couple had separated shortly after the New Year and following nine years together.[32] In July 2017, it was reported Dugdale was in a relationship with Jenny Gilruth, the MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, and a member of the Scottish National Party; the two had started dating around four months earlier.[33]
Her father Jeff Dugdale is a retired teacher living in Moray and is a campaigner for the Scottish independence movement.[34]
In September 2017, Dugdale was named Politician of the Year at the Icon Awards, an awards ceremony celebrating Scotland's LGBT community.[35]
References[edit]
^ abcdef "Kezia Dugdale". www.scottish.parliament.uk. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
^ ab "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017.
^ ab "Scottish Labour agree to swathe of party reforms – and new leader will be announced on 15 August". LabourList. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ "Dugdale enters I'm a Celebrity jungle". BBC News. 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ Ogston, Graeme. "City education chief denies snubbing Kezia Dugdale over visit to old school". The Courier. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^ ab "People: Kezia Dugdale". Scottish branch of the British Labour Party. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016.
^ "Independence First, Scotland Second". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
^ "The Scottish Parliament: – Committees – Local Government and Regeneration". 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ "The Scottish Parliament: – Committees – Subordinate Legislation". webarchive.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
^ "Johann Lamont in Scottish Labour front bench shake-up". BBC News. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "MP Jim Murphy named Leader of Scottish Labour". BBC News. 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ ab Brooks, Libby (2 August 2015). "Kezia Dugdale: Corbyn win could leave Labour 'carping on sidelines'". The Observer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ Eve Hartley (30 October 2015). "BBC Question Time Audience Meets Kezia Dugdale's Rallying Cry With Defiant, Awkward Silence". The Huffington Post UK. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Kezia Dugdale calls on Corbyn to resign after no confidence vote". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
^ Gayle, Damien (22 August 2016). "Scottish Labour leader backs Owen Smith against Jeremy Corbyn". Archived from the original on 17 December 2016 – via The Guardian.
^ "Kezia Dugdale faces revolt after chaotic flip-flop on Jeremy Corbyn". Herald Scotland. 25 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^ Paul Cardwell (22 June 2015). "Private schools row reignited by Labour candidate". Third Force News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Scottish Labour leadership debate: Labour Party 'should not split'". BBC News. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015.
^ "Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale to join I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here in last minute call-up". HeraldScotland. 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "No permission for Kezia Dugdale to appear in I'm a Celebrity". BBC News. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "Kezia Dugdale avoids suspension over I'm A Celebrity appearance". Sky News. Sky UK. 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Dugdale reprimanded over I'm a Celebrity". BBC News. BBC. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Dugdale enters I'm a Celebrity jungle". BBC. BBC. 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "Dugdale says jungle was 'political gamble'". BBC News. BBC. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Kezia Dugdale: Easter Road project is a game changer". Edinburgh Evening News. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Candidates for 2016". Scottish Labour Blog. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ Riddell, Mary (1 April 2016). "The long road: interview with Kezia Dugdale". Fabian Review. Fabian Society. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
^ "Kezia Dugdale clarifies independence stance". BBC News. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ Williams, Martin (5 May 2016). "Kezia Dugdale makes public appearance at the polls with her partner". The Herald. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ Ramaswamy, Chitra (7 May 2016). "Dugdale and Davidson: ordinary photos that tell an extraordinary story". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ Moss, Stephen (11 July 2016). "I don't want to choose between two unions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ "Kezia Dugdale: 'In 2017 my relationship ended and I lost best friend Gordon'". BBC News. 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth". BBC News. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "Elgin legend Jeff Dugdale lays down the law to daughter Kezia". www.insidemoray.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017.
^ Foote, Chris (16 September 2017). "Kezia Dugdale wins politician of the year at LGBT awards". STV News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
Scottish Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by Fiona Hyslop | Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian 2011–present | Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Anas Sarwar | Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party 2014–2015 | Succeeded by Alex Rowley |
| Preceded by Jim Murphy | Leader of the Scottish Labour Party 2015–2017 | Succeeded by Richard Leonard |
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