Alex Rowley
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Alex Rowley MSP |
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| Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | |
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Assumed office 15 August 2015 |
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| Leader | Kezia Dugdale |
| Preceded by | Kezia Dugdale |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cowdenbeath |
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In office 23 January 2014 – 23 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Helen Eadie |
| Succeeded by | Annabelle Ewing |
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| Born | 30 November 1963 Dunfermline |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence | Kelty, Fife, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Nottingham Trent University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.alexrowley.org |
Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley (born 1963) is the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 15 August 2015 and an additional member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife. First elected at the Cowdenbeath by-election in January 2014 for the Cowdenbeath constituency, he lost the seat to Annabelle Ewing of the SNP in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016 but was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament as an additional member for Mid Scotland and Fife.
Born in Dunfermline and raised in Kelty, he was educated at St Columba's High School (Dunfermline), Newbattle Abbey College (Dalkeith), and Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA Honours in Sociology and Politics, and an MSc in community education.
Rowley was General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party from May 1998 to May 1999. He was first elected to Fife Regional Council in 1990 when he was Chairman of Finance, and he later became the first leader of the new Fife Council, a position he returned to in 2012 until his election to the Scottish Parliament in 2014.
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