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Elected as MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands in 1999, he held four different Ministerial posts, including Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, alongside.

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The East Lothian MSP led the party in Scotland between 2008 and 2011.

THIS year I attended many events in East Lothian marking the end of the First World War 100 years ago, not least the moving drumhead service.

After the setbacks Labour suffered at the Scottish Parliament elections of May 2007, it appeared clearly that the Labour party in Scotland.

The East Lothian MSP led the party in Scotland between 2008 and 2011....

Iain Gray

Scottish Labour politician

For other people with similar names, see Ian Gray.

Iain Cumming Gray (born 7 June ) is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from to He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Lothian constituency from to , having previously represented Edinburgh Pentlands from to A former aid worker and teacher of mathematics and physics, Gray was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in as MSP for the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency, which he lost to Leader of the Scottish Conservative PartyDavid McLetchie in Gray was returned to Holyrood in as MSP for East Lothian.

Following Wendy Alexander's resignation as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in , Gray stood at the subsequent leadership election, and was elected with a % share of the vote in the second round.

Initially, Gray oversaw some electoral successes for Scottish Labour, such as repelling SNP challenges at the Glenrothes () and Glasgow