Anas Sarwar was educated at Hutchesons’ Grammar School – a private school on the south side of Glasgow – then attended Glasgow University, where he studied dentistry.<\/p>\n
After five years working as a dentist in Paisley, Sarwar was elected to Westminster.<\/p>\n
What was his route to power?<\/p>\n
Anas Sarwar joined the Scottish Labour party at the age of 16.<\/p>\n
He took over his father’s seat – Glasgow Central – in 2010.<\/p>\n
He held the seat until the 2015 election, when the SNP won all but three seats in Scotland.<\/p>\n
Anas Sarwar then turned his attention to Holyrood and was elected a list MSP for Glasgow in 2016.<\/p>\n
The following year, he ran for Scottish Labour leader. He was firmly in the New Labour camp, while his opponent – Richard Leonard – was seen as an ally of Jeremy Corbyn. Leonard won.<\/p>\n
But the next time the top job came up – in 2021, less than three months before the Holyrood election – Sarwar won.<\/p>\n
He became the first non-white leader of a major political party in the UK.<\/p>\n
What are his key pledges?<\/p>\n
Fix the NHS by cutting waiting lists and bringing back family doctors<\/p>\n
Bring high streets back to life<\/p>\n
Ban phones in classrooms, raise standards in reading and numeracy and deliver 9,000 new apprenticeships<\/p>\n
Put police back on the streets with a named community and crime prevention police officer in every council ward<\/p>\n
Fix almost five million potholes<\/p>\n
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