Kezia Dugdale splits from partner
![Kezia Dugdale (right) arrives with partner Louise Riddell at a polling station to cast her vote in last year's Scottish Parliament election.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/legacy_elm_52296180.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Kezia Dugdale (right) arrives with partner Louise Riddell at a polling station to cast her vote in last year's Scottish Parliament election.](/img/placeholder.png)
The Lothian MSP had been with Edinburgh College lecturer Louise Riddell for nine years.
The couple got engaged on holiday on Mallorca in August last year and exchanged diamond-encrusted rings.
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Hide AdAt 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.”