Kezia Dugdale splits from partner

The Lothian MSP had been with Edinburgh College lecturer Louise Riddell for nine years.

Kezia Dugdale (right) arrives with partner Louise Riddell at a polling station to cast her vote in last year's Scottish Parliament election.

The couple got engaged on holiday on Mallorca in August last year and exchanged diamond-encrusted rings.

At the time Ms Dugdale said: “I’m utterly thrilled to be marrying the love of my life.”

They met at a party in the Capital in 2008, and bought a flat near the Scottish Parliament together in 2013.

It is understood the couple separated by mutual consent and no other person is involved.

A Labour spokesman said: “Kezia and Louise have separated and request that their privacy is respected.”