What is Richard Leonard?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Richard Leonard |image = RichardLeonardMSP.jpg |caption = Leonard in 2016 |honorific-suffix = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]] |office = [[Scottish Labour Party#List of leaders since 1999|Leader of the Scottish Labour Party]] |leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]<br />[[Keir Starmer]] |deputy = [[Lesley Laird]]<br />[[Jackie Baillie]] |term_start = 18 November 2017 |term_end = 14 January 2021 |predecessor = [[Kezia Dugdale]] |successor = [[Anas Sarwar]] |office1 = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br>for [[Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Central Scotland]] |term_start1 = 6 May 2016 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}} |birth_place = [[Yorkshire]], England |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |alma_mater = [[University of Stirling]] }} '''Richard Leonard''' (born 1962) is a British [[politician]]. He served as leader of the [[Scottish Labour Party]] from 2017 to 2021. He was elected to be in charge of the party after [[Kezia Dugdale]] quit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/18/richard-leonard-voted-scottish-labour-leader|title=Richard Leonard voted Scottish Labour leader|work=The Guardian|date=18 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118120522/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/18/richard-leonard-voted-scottish-labour-leader|archive-date=18 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55666234|title=Richard Leonard quits as Scottish Labour leader|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2021|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leonard, Richard}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Politicians from Yorkshire]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) members of