Iain Gray
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Iain Gray MSP |
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Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Acting |
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In office 13 June 2015 – 15 August 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Kezia Dugdale |
| Leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament | |
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In office 13 September 2008 – 17 December 2011 |
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| Deputy | Johann Lamont |
| Preceded by | Wendy Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Johann Lamont |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Lothian |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John Home Robertson |
| Majority | 1,127 (3%) |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | David McLetchie |
| Majority | 2,885 (7.3%) |
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7 June 1957 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Gil Gray |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
| Website | www |
Iain Cumming Gray (born 7 June 1957) is a Scottish politician, currently a Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Lothian constituency. He was the leader of Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament from 13 September 2008 to 17 December 2011. He resigned following his party's defeat in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections but, due to his experience, was selected as interim leader following the resignation of Jim Murphy due to Labour's unsuccessful 2015 General Election campaign when they won one of Scotland's 59 seats.
A former aid worker and teacher of maths and physics, Gray was first elected to the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999 as the MSP for the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency, which he lost to the Conservatives in 2003. He was returned to parliament in 2007, for the East Lothian constituency. Following Wendy Alexander's resignation as Scottish Labour leader in 2008, Gray stood in the subsequent leadership election and was successful.
Initially, Gray oversaw some electoral successes for Scottish Labour, such as repelling SNP challenges in the Glenrothes (2008) and Glasgow North East (2009) by-elections, as well as Scottish Labour maintaining all of its 41 constituencies in the House of Commons at the 2010 General Election. The 2011 Scottish Parliament elections proved disastrous for the party, which lost 20 constituencies as the SNP won an outright majority of seats. Gray was re-elected in East Lothian with a majority of 151 votes. Gray announced his resignation the day after the result, but remained in post as leader until his successor, Johann Lamont, took over in December 2011.
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