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Bloomberg
The Scottish Labour Party will seek
a fourth leader in less than three
years after the incumbent quit following a turbulent period for the movement that once dominated politics in Scotland.
Kezia Dugdale, 36, said she’s stepping down to allow someone else to drive Labour toward elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2021. She was elected leader in August 2015 after the Scottish National Party ousted Labour as the biggest party in Scotland in the UK general election that year. The party’s weakened position was compounded last year when Labour was pushed into third place by the Conservatives in the Scottish election.
“With nearly four years now until the next Scottish Parliament elections, I am convinced that party needs a new leader with fresh energy, drive and a new mandate to take the party into that contest,†Dugdale said in her resignation letter.
Under Dugdale, Scottish Labour frequently clashed with the UK leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.