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| Jim Murphy MP named Scottish Labour leader | |
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| Former Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy has been elected as the new leader of Scottish Labour. | |
| The MP beat competition from MSPs Neil Findlay and Sarah Boyack for the job. | |
| Johann Lamont quit the leadership in October, accusing Westminster colleagues of treating Labour in Scotland like a "branch office". | |
| MSP Kezia Dugdale was elected the party's new deputy leader, replacing MP Anas Sarwar, who also stood down. | |
| Mr Murphy, who won the contest with 55.77% of the vote under the party's electoral college system, said: "Today is a fulfilment of a dream for me." | |
| Speaking in Glasgow, the East Renfrewshire MP said: "This is a fresh start for the Scottish Labour Party. | |
| "Scotland is changing and so too is Scottish Labour. | |
| "I'm ambitious for our party because I'm ambitious for our country." | |
| Mr Murphy, who has set out an ambition to defeat the SNP in the 2016 Scottish election and become first minister, will also need to win a Scottish Parliament seat. | |
| Setting out his aim to tackle poverty and inequality, he said: "It is my driving purpose, it is our driving purpose, it's Scottish Labour's driving purpose to end that type of inequality once and for all." |