James Kelly (Scottish politician)
James Anthony Kelly (born 23 October 1963) is a Scottish politician who has served as General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region between 2016 and 2021, having previously been MSP for Rutherglen (formerly Glasgow Rutherglen) from 2007 to 2016.
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Official portrait, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Anas Sarwar | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Drew Smith (acting) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Scottish Labour portfolios | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Chief Whip of the Scottish Labour Party | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice | ||||||||||||||||
| Mar–May 2021 | Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | James Anthony Kelly 23 October 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Scottish Labour and Co-operative | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Alexa Kelly | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Computer analyst | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.jameskelly.scot/ | ||||||||||||||||
Kelly has held a number of Scottish Labour frontbench posts including Finance Spokesperson and Justice Spokesperson under Richard Leonard from 2017 to 2020. He served as the Scottish Labour Party's Parliamentary Business Manager at Holyrood as well as Spokesperson for Community Safety and Drugs Policy.
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