Anas Sarwar has been selected as the new leader of Scottish Labour.

The Glasgow MSP beat out Monica Lennon for the spot by 57.56% of the vote to 42.4%.

He said: "It is the greatest honour of my life to be elected leader of the Scottish Labour party.

"We will work together to rebuild our party, so that we have the opportunity to rebuild Scotland. 

"I want to say directly to the people of Scotland, I know Labour has a lot of work to do to win back your trust."

In his acceptance speech, he also promised to be ‘brutally honest’ with the people of Scotland. 

He said: “You haven’t had the Scottish Labour Party you deserve - with rising injustice, inequality and division, I’m sorry we haven’t been good enough."

Mr Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, is the first minority ethnic leader of a major political party in the UK.  

He said: “That doesn’t say something about me. That says something great about Scotland and its people.” 

The leadership election was sparked by the shock resignation of Richard Leonard in January. 

Leonard claimed his decision to step down from the helm was in the “best interests” of the party.

It comes just ten weeks before the Holyrood election.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon congratulated him for his win on Twitter. 

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer said: “Huge congratulations to Anas on his election as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party. I look forward to working with him to secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country.”

“We will fight the Scottish Parliamentary elections by making the case for a socially just Scotland in a modern United Kingdom. Under his leadership, Scottish Labour will focus on what unites us - not what divides us.