Who is new Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra?

The Scottish Labour leader is married with three children.

He is the younger brother of former Labour MSP Jenny Marra, who represented North East Scotland between 2011 and 2021.

The MSP is also the nephew of his namesake Michael Marra, the renowned Dundee songwriter who died aged 60 in 2012.

Marra has said his family have a history of being proud trade unionists. His great grandfather helped found Dundee’s Independent Labour Party.

But it was his grandmother, Margaret, who he referenced in his speech when he was elected as leader.

He told the audience she was “one of seven children who slept in a single bedroom in Lochee”.

“Of those seven children, she was the one chosen to go to college.

“The other six siblings would stay working in the heat and stench of the jute mills, at least six days a week, and when that week was done they would take down an old flour tin and put in a share of their hard-earned wages to pay the cost of Margaret’s keep and her education.”

He said the path her family laid had taken him to the opportunities he had received.

As well as being a marathon runner and five-a-side footballer, the politician is also a US civil war buff, with a particular interest in Abraham Lincoln.

Matching the great Republican’s political skill is an impossible ask, but Marra will need a great deal of nous to haul Scottish Labour back from their worst-ever Holyrood election result earlier this year.