What is Jim Murphy?
[[File:Jim Murphy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jim Murphy was the leader of the Scottish Labour Party.]] '''James Francis 'Jim' Murphy''' (born August 23, 1967 in [[Glasgow]], Scotland) is a [[British people|British]] [[politician]]. He was the leader of the [[Scottish Labour Party]]. He was the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[constituency]] of East Renfrewshire. He was first made a Member of Parliament at the 1997 General Election for the Eastwood constituency. He has been the East Renfrewshire MP from 2005 onwards. He held two [[cabinet]] posts: Minister of State for Europe (June 2007-October 2008) and Secretary of State for [[Scotland]] (October 2008-May 2010). He was made the shadow Secretary of State for Defence in October 2010. He became the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-jim-murphy/595 | title=Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP | publisher=www.parliament.co.uk | accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref> He [[resigned]] from this job in November 2014 because he wanted to be the leader of the Scottish Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29870846 | title=Jim Murphy quits shadow cabinet | publisher=BBC News | date=2 November 2014 | accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref> On 13 December 2014 he became the leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Because he was an MP in the[[House of Commons of the United Kingdom | UK Parliament]], the [[deputy]] leader of the Scottish Labour Party[[wikt:represent | represented]] him in the [[Scottish Parliament]]. The deputy leader was [[Kezia Dugdale]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30461687 | title=MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader | date=13 December 2014 | accessdate=24 December 2014 | publisher = BBC News}}</ref> After the Scottish Labour Party's defeat in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]] (with Murphy himself losing his seat), Murp