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{{Other people|James Kelly}}
{{Short description|Scottish Labour Co-op politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = James Kelly
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]
| image = James Kelly MSP, May = James_Kelly_MSP,_May_20162016.jpg
| caption = KellyOfficial inportrait, 2016
| predecessor office = [[ElaineGeneral Secretary of Smiththe (Scottish politician)|ElaineLabour SmithParty]]
| leader = [[Anas Sarwar]]
| successor =
| term_start = 5 September 2021
| office = [[Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament|Scottish Labour Parliamentary Business Manager]]
| term_end = 3 April 2023
| leader = [[Anas Sarwar]]
| predecessor = [[Drew Smith (politician)|Drew Smith]] (acting)
| term_start = 1 March 2021
| successor = John Paul McHugh
| term_end = 7 May 2021
{{collapsed infobox section begin|last=yes|Parliamentary offices
| leader1 = [[Jim Murphy]]<br />[[Iain Gray]] (Acting)<br />[[Kezia Dugdale]]<br />[[Alex Rowley]] (Acting)<br />[[Jackie Baillie]] (Acting)
|titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes
| term_start1 = 16 December 2014
| office = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}}
| term_end1 = 19 December 2017
| term_start = 5 May 2016
| predecessor1 = [[Paul Martin (Scottish politician)|Paul Martin]]
| term_end = 6 May 2021
| successor1 = [[Rhoda Grant]]
| office1 = Member of the Scottish Parliament<br />for [[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]]<br />{{nobold|[[Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Rutherglen]] (2007–2011)}}
| predecessor2 = [[Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)|Daniel Johnson]]
| term_start1 = 3 May 2007
| successor2 = [[Rhoda Grant]]
| term_end1 = 24 March 2016
| office2 = [[Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament|Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Justice]]
| leader2 predecessor1 = [[RichardJanis LeonardHughes]]
| successor1 = [[Clare Haughey]]
| term_start2 = 2 September 2019
{{collapsed infobox section end}}
| term_end2 = 1 September 2020
| office3 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work|Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Finance]]<ref>Finance and the Constitution (2017–18)</ref>
| leader3 = [[Richard Leonard]]
| term_start3 = 19 December 2017
| term_end3 = 2 September 2019
| predecessor3 = [[Kezia Dugdale]]
| successor3 = [[Rhoda Grant]]
| office4 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities|Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities]]
| leader4 = [[Johann Lamont]]
| term_start4 = 29 June 2013
| term_end4 = 16 December 2014
| predecessor4 = [[Richard Baker (Scottish politician)|Richard Baker]]
| successor4 = [[Mary Fee]]
| office5 = [[Chief Whip]] of the [[Scottish Labour Party]]
| leader5 = [[Johann Lamont]]
| term_start5 = 10 January 2012
| term_end5 = 28 June 2013
| predecessor5 = [[John Park (politician)|John Park]]
| successor5 = [[Lewis Macdonald]]
| office6 = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}}
| term_start6 = 5 May 2016
| term_end6 = 6 May 2021
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| office7 = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] <br /> for [[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]]<br />{{nobold|[[Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Rutherglen]] (2007–2011)}}
| term_start7 = 3 May 2007
| term_end7 = 24 March 2016
| predecessor7 = [[Janis Hughes]]
| successor7 = [[Clare Haughey]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| birthname = James Anthony Kelly
| nationality = Scottish
| party = [[Labour and Co-operative]]
| spouse = Alexa Kelly
| children = 2
| occupation = Computer Programmer/Analyst
| website = https://www.jameskelly.scot/
}}
| office1 = Scottish Labour portfolios
'''James Anthony Kelly''' (born 23 October 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] region between 2016 and 2021, having previously been MSP for [[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]], formerly [[Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Rutherglen]], from [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] to 2016. A member of the [[Scottish Labour|Scottish Labour Party]] and [[Co-operative Party]], he has held a number of Scottish Labour frontbench posts including Finance Spokesperson and Justice Spokesperson under [[Richard Leonard]] from 2017 to 2020. He served as the Scottish Labour Party's Parliamentary Business Manager at Holyrood as well as Spokesperson for Community Safety and Drugs Policy.
| suboffice1 = [[Chief Whip]] of the Scottish Labour Party
| subterm1 = 2012–2013
| suboffice2 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities|Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities]]
| subterm2 = 2013–2014
| suboffice3 = Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business
| subterm3 = 2014–2017
| suboffice4 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government|Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance]]{{efn|Finance and the Constitution (2017–18)}}
| subterm4 = 2017–2019
| suboffice5 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Justice|Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice]]
| subterm5 = 2019–2020
| suboffice6 = [[Minister for Parliamentary Business|Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business]]
| subterm6 = Mar–May 2021
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| birthname = James Anthony Kelly
| party = [[Scottish Labour]] [[Labour and Co-operative|and Co-operative]]
| spouse = Alexa Kelly
| children = 2
| occupation = Computer analyst
| website = https://www.jameskelly.scot/
}}
'''James Anthony Kelly''' (born 23 October 1963) is a Scottish politician who has served as General Secretary of the [[Scottish Labour|Scottish Labour Party]] since 2021. He was a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] region between 2016 and 2021, having previously been MSP for [[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]] (formerly [[Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Rutherglen]]) from [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] to 2016.
 
Kelly has held a number of Scottish Labour frontbench posts including Finance Spokesperson and Justice Spokesperson under [[Richard Leonard]] from 2017 to 2020. He served as the Scottish Labour Party's Parliamentary Business Manager at Holyrood as well as Spokesperson for Community Safety and Drugs Policy.
 
==Early life and career==
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Kelly was re-elected at the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Rutherglen election result|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36132.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> Following the election of [[Johann Lamont]] as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in the [[2011 Scottish Labour leadership election|2011 leadership election]], he was appointed Chief Whip in Holyrood. He was subsequently made Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities in a reshuffle in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johann Lamont in Scottish Labour front bench shake-up|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-23102607|website=BBC News|date=28 June 2013|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
 
After the election of [[Jim Murphy]] as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Kelly was appointed to succeed [[Paul Martin (Scottish politician)|Paul Martin]] as Labour's Parliamentary Business Manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/jim-murphy-reveals-scottish-labour-shadow-cabinet-1-3635782|title=Jim Murphy reveals Scottish Labour shadow cabinet|websitework=www.scotsman.comThe Scotsman|date=16 December 2014|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
 
Under [[Kezia Dugdale]]'s leadership, he remained parliamentary business manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kez unveils her new front bench team|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/blog/entry/kez-unveils-her-new-front-bench-team|access-date=7 February 2018|website=Scottish Labour Party}}</ref> In December 2014, he was named as the party's election coordinator for the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=James Kelly MSP to lead Labour’s election campaign for Scottish Government vote in 2016|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/james-kelly-msp-happy-new-4856504|last=Dickie|first=Douglas|website=Rutherglen Reformer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=James Kelly MSP to lead Labour's election campaign for Scottish Government vote in 2016|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/james-kelly-msp-happy-new-4856504|publisher=Rutherglen Reformer|date=26 December 2014|access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
 
In December 2015, Kelly was ejected from the parliamentary debating chamber by presiding officer [[Tricia Marwick]] when he refused to sit down after attempting to make a [[point of order]] during a trade union bill debate.<ref>{{cite web|title=MSP ejected from chamber in row over union bill|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35102892|work=BBC News|date=15 December 2015|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Labour MSP thrown out of Scottish Parliament during a point of order spat with Presiding Officer|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/labour-msp-thrown-out-scottish-7018390|last=Bussey|first=Katrine|work=Daily Record|date=15 December 2015|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
 
Kelly sought selection for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] regional list prior to the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour MSP James Kelly, who has called on Celtic to become a living wage employer, joins fight for list slots|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14091744.Labour_MSP_James_Kelly_joins_fight_for_list_slots_as_battle_within_party_intensifies|access-date=28 January 2018|website=Herald Scotland}}</ref> While Kelly lost his Holyrood constituency seat to the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]'s [[Clare Haughey]] in 2016, he was elected as a list MSP for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] region.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-parliament-election-2016-constituency-result-rutherglen-1-4120176 |title=Scottish Parliament election 2016 constituency result: Rutherglen |work=The Scotsman |date=6 May 2016 |access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=James Kelly MSP|url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/james-kelly-msp.aspx|access-date=28 January 2018|website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Glasgow region election result|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19459|access-date=17 February 2018|website=Glasgow City Council}}</ref> Haughey's majority of 3,743 made it a target seat for Labour in the future. The equivalent Westminster seat [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]] was won back by Labour's [[Gerard Killen]] in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 UK general election]], despite being one of the biggest swings towards the SNP two years prior.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-hamilton-west-election-results-5658514 |title=Labour gain first Scottish seat from SNP in election |first=Aiden |last=Kerr |publisher =[[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-takes-rutherglen-hamilton-west-10590345 |title=Labour takes Rutherglen and Hamilton West |first=Murray |last=Spooner |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] / [[Rutherglen Reformer]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> He was the party's campaign manager for the 2017 general election.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 May 2017|title=Election 2017: Scottish Greens to stand fewer than 10 candidates|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39855884|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>
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He served as the Convener of the Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-operatives and was the deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Sport.
 
Kelly nominated [[Anas Sarwar]] in the [[2021 Scottish Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Leadership Election 2021 - Nominations|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Scottish Labour|language=en}}</ref>
 
===Repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act===
Following his re-election to the Scottish Parliament in May 2016, Kelly took forward his pledge to lead a member's bill to repeal the [[Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012|Offensive Behaviour at Football 2012 Act]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour MSP James Kelly will attempt to repeal anti-sectarian football legislation|url=https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/labour-msp-james-kelly-will-attempt-repeal-anti-sectarian-football-legislation|website=Holyrood Magazine|date=5 January 2016|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> He described the 2012 legislation as having "completely failed to tackle sectarianism" and as "illiberal" which "unfairly targets football fans", "condemned by legal experts, human rights organisations and equality groups".<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Report - 25 January 2018|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11325&mode=pdf|website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=James|title=Why the SNP must scrap the act|url=https://scraptheact.com/2018/01/23/agenda-column/|website=ScrapTheAct|access-date=17 February 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090335/https://scraptheact.com/2018/01/23/agenda-column/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
On 25 January 2018, MSPs voted by 65 to 61 in favour of the general principles of Kelly's Bill in the first stage of Holyrood's legislative process. It marked the first binding defeat in Parliament for the SNP Minority Government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42804642|title=Football Act repeal bid passes first vote|date=25 January 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> On 15 March, the vote to repeal the Act was passed with 62 in favour and 60 against.<ref>{{cite news|title=MSPs vote to repeal football bigotry law|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43405134|work=BBC News|date=15 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
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=== Justice Spokesperson ===
 
In September 2019, Kelly was appointed as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonard unveils new Scottish Labour front bench team|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42412159|access-date=19 December 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> He resigned from this role in September 2020 while calling for Richard Leonard's resignation as Scottish Labour leader. In his resignation letter, seen by the Daily Record, James Kelly told Richard Leonard: “I have no confidence in your ability to shape the party’sparty's message, strategy and organisation. I know that this is a view shared by other parliamentarians, party members and indeed many members of the public.”<ref>{{Cite news|last=Andrews|first=Kieran|title=Labour MSP breaks ranks to demand Richard Leonard’s departure|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-msp-breaks-ranks-to-demand-richard-leonards-departure-95vvwlqgh|access-date=2020-09-03|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
 
=== Return to frontbench ===
FollowingKelly nominated [[Anas Sarwar]] in the [[2021 Scottish Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Leadership Election 2021 - Nominations|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Scottish Labour|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234857/https://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following Sarwar's election as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Kellyhe was re-appointed as Parliamentary Business Manager as well as spokesperson for Community Safety and Drugs Policy ahead of the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|title=Sarwar unveils new ‘campaign cabinet’ to lead Scottish Labour into election|url=https://labourlist.org/2021/03/sarwar-unveils-new-campaign-cabinet-to-lead-scottish-labour-into-election/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=LabourList|language=en-GB}}</ref> In the election he lost out to Clare Haughey in the constituency, and though four Labour candidates were elected on the regional vote, Kelly had been fifth on the party list so was not returned as an MSP.<ref>[{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19287764.scottish-election-blow-labour-fails-take-rutherglen-target-seat/ |title=Scottish election: Blow for Labour as it fails to take Rutherglen target seat], The National, |last=Nutt|first=Kathleen|date=7 May 2021|work=The National}}</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
Kelly currently lives in Cambuslang with his wife, Alexa, and their two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/entry/james-kelly.html|title=James Kelly MSP|website=Scottish Labour Party|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129080707/https://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/entry/james-kelly.html|archive-date=29 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> He has spoken about his interests in sport, namely football, tennis and running.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=James|title=James Kelly MSP on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/JamesKellyLab|website=Twitter|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/James-Kelly-MSP.aspx James Kelly MSP profile], scottish.parliament.uk; accessed 15 May 2016.
 
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