Kezia Dugdale

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Kezia Dugdale
Dugdale in 2019
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
In office
15 August 2015 – 29 August 2017
DeputyAlex Rowley
UK party leader
Preceded byJim Murphy
Succeeded byRichard Leonard
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
In office
13 December 2014 – 13 June 2015
LeaderJim Murphy
Preceded byAnas Sarwar
Succeeded byAlex Rowley
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Lothian
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
5 May 2011 – 15 July 2019
Succeeded bySarah Boyack[a]
Scottish Labour portfolios
2013–2014Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
2016–2017Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
Personal details
Born
Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale

(1981-08-28) 28 August 1981 (age 42)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyIndependent (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Labour and Co-operative (until 2019)
Spouse(s)
Jenny Gilruth (m. 2022)
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh
WebsiteArchived website

Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale (born 28 August 1981)[1] is a Scottish politician. She was the leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 until 2017.[2] She was a member of the Scottish Parliament.

In July 2017, it was announced Dugdale was in a relationship with Jenny Gilruth, a Scottish National Party politician.[3] In June 2022, Gilruth and Dugdale married in a private ceremony.[4]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Normally, regional MSPs do not have individual predecessors and successors. However, Dugdale retired her seat during a sitting parliament so was succeeded by Boyack.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Kezia Dugdale". www.scottish.parliament.uk. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "Kezia Dugdale quits as Scottish Labour leader". BBC News. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. Cameron, Lucinda (13 June 2022). "SNP transport minister Jenny Gilruth and former Scottish Labour Kezia Dugdale leader marry". The Scotsman. Retrieved 13 June 2022.