Kezia Dugdale has won the Scottish Labour leadership election, beating outsider Ken Macintosh, The Independent reported on Saturday.

The contest follows the resignation of Jim Murphy after the Scottish Labour Party lost all but one of its 41 seats in the last general election.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was among the first to congratulate Dugdale, elected to Holyrood in 2011, who promised a "fresh start" for the Scottish Labour party.