Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership bids have jointly secured the most support from local Scottish Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs).
Despite the party’s sole MP north of the border, Ian Murray, giving his public backing to shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, she has only secured 13 nominations, compared to her two main rivals’ hauls of 17 each.
Locally, Dundee City, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire have all officially attached themselves to Mr Corbyn, while the Dunfermline CLP has done the same for Mr Burnham.
Both Angus South and North East Fife are in Ms Cooper’s camp. Moray was the solitary Scottish branch to back Liz Kendall’s campaign for the top job.
Mr Burnham said: “I feel honoured to have the support of party members from right across Scotland, from Banffshire to the Scottish Borders and here in Courier Country.
“My campaign is about putting Labour back in touch with millions of disillusioned voters, including the tens of thousands who have switched to the SNP in recent years.
“Regardless of where in the UK people live, we share the same hopes: a good standard of living, prospects for their kids and a secure job.
“My leadership will be about helping people get on. I will work side by side with our colleagues in the Scottish Labour Party to set out the positive case for Labour, not only at Westminster but in local government and Holyrood too.”
It came as former Labour leader Neil Kinnock backed Mr Burnham, warning that figures from the “Trotskyite left and the Telegraph right” were backing the veteran left-winger for “their own malign purposes”.
But Islington North MP and bookies’ favourite Mr Corbyn said he was ready to offer jobs to so-called “Blairite MPs”.
Ms Kendall accepted Mr Corbyn was ahead in the race but insisted “things will change” before the new leader is announced on September 12.