Wendy Alexander Iain Gray The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donations to her own leadership campaign in 2007.

[3] The timetable for the election was finalised on Monday 28 July, having been put on hold for a month to allow the party to focus on the Glasgow East by-election,[4] which ultimately saw the Scottish National Party overturn a 13,507 Labour majority to gain the seat.

[5] Nominations closed at noon on Friday 1 August with the result being declared on Saturday 13 September.

These nominations can be seen in the tables below; The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.

Source: The Citizen: Campaigning for Socialism The following either publicly suggested they were considering standing for election or received media speculation to that effect.