Richard Leonard voted Scottish Labour leader

The Scottish Labour party has elected Richard Leonard, a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, as its new leader after a fractious campaign.Until now, Scottish Labour had backed centrist candidates, with its members voting in the UK party’s leadership election for Corbyn’s rival, Owen Smith, last year.Sarwar had won endorsements from Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor for Greater Manchester, and Harriet Harman, and had the backing of a large majority of Scottish Labour’s MSPs and most of its co