Editing Sarah Boyack (section)

=== Outside the Scottish Parliament: 2016–2019 ===

Boyack again contested the Edinburgh Central seat in the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]], but was defeated by [[Scottish Conservative]] leader [[Ruth Davidson]], who stood for the same constituency. Boyack was also placed third on the Lothian regional list of Labour candidates behind [[Kezia Dugdale]] and [[Neil Findlay]], but did not return to Holyrood following the election since Labour won only two list seats.<ref>{{cite news |last=McPherson |first=Gareth |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/168160/holyrood-no-eight-former-msps-will-looking-new-jobs/ |title=Holyrood no more — eight former MSPs who will be looking for new jobs |publisher=D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd |newspaper=The Courier |date=6 May 2016 |accessdate=7 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507125349/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/168160/holyrood-no-eight-former-msps-will-looking-new-jobs/ |archive-date=7 May 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Swanson |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/holyrood-2016-lothian-list-msps-in-full-1-4120672 |title=Holyrood 2016: Lothian list MSPs in full |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=6 May 2016 |accessdate=7 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507122622/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/holyrood-2016-lothian-list-msps-in-full-1-4120672 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In February 2017, Boyack was appointed as Head of Public Affairs at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, the membership body for social housing providers in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/former-labour-msp-appointed-head-public-affairs-sfha|title=Former Labour MSP appointed as head of public affairs at SFHA|date=22 February 2017|website=Holyrood Magazine|accessdate=22 April 2019}}</ref>