December 13, 2014, 11:15 amUpdated: December 7, 2015, 5:52 pm
Jim Murphy has become the new leader of Scottish Labour.
The former Scottish Secretary beat MSPs Neil Findlay and Sarah Boyack to the job.
The leadership contest was sparked when Johann Lamont stood down suddenly, accusing colleagues in Westminster of treating Scotland like a “branch office”.
Mr Murphy won the contest with 55.77% of the vote under the party’s electoral college system.
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