# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-leonard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:01.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-leonard"
name: "Richard Leonard"
slug: "richard-leonard"
description: "Richard Leonard is a British politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2021. He served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the Central Scotland region, from 2016 to 2026. He ideologically identifies as a socialist, democrat and internationalist."
tagline: "Scottish politician (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Leonard_MSP.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.109038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LabourRichard"
    handle:    "LabourRichard"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/richardleonard4/"
    handle:    "richardleonard4"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/richardleonardmsp"
    handle:    "richardleonardmsp"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://scottishlabour.org.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leonard"
    title: "Richard Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريتشارد ليونارد (سياسي إسكتلندي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتشارد ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leonard"
    title: "Richard Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leonard"
    title: "Richard Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leonard"
    title: "Richard Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24039896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump