Editing Sarah Boyack (section)

=== Return following Kezia Dugdale's resignation: 2019–present ===

On 30 April 2019, it was announced Boyack would return to the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP, following [[Kezia Dugdale]]'s decision to vacate her seat in the summer. As an unsuccessful Labour candidate on the [[Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothian regional list]] in 2016, Boyack was the next person on the list if a seat was vacated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48110592 |title=Sarah Boyack to return to Holyrood as Labour MSP |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=30 April 2019 |accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref> She joined the [[Labour Co-operative]] group upon her return.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://party.coop/publication/co-operative-party-annual-review-2019/ |title=Annual Review 2019 |publisher=[[Co-operative Party]] |access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref> In September 2019, Scottish Labour leader [[Richard Leonard]] appointed her as [[Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government|Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Local Government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-labour-reshuffle-as-sarah-boyack-returns-to-frontline-politics-1-4995872|title=Scottish Labour reshuffle as Sarah Boyack returns to frontline politics|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>

Boyack nominated [[Anas Sarwar]] in the [[2021 Scottish Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Leadership Election 2021 – Nominations|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Scottish Labour|language=en}}</ref>

Boyack backed the UK Government's decision to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment, voting in the Scottish Parliament against calls to reverse the decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=How every MSP voted as Holyrood rejected the UK's Winter Fuel Payment cut |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24639083.winter-fuel-payment-cuts-full-list-labour-msps-oppose/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>