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Article: Brown's new by-election worry as Scots MP dies; John MacDougall: Cancer battle.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2008
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Byline: James Chapman
GORDON Brown is facing another byelection nightmare after the death of Scottish MP John MacDougall.
Former oil rig worker Mr MacDougall, who died of cancer at the age of 60, had a majority of 10,000 in Glenrothes, Fife - next door to Mr Brown's own constituency.
With the Scottish Nationalists overturning a 13,500 Labour majority in Glasgow East last month, the once-safe seat looks highly vulnerable.
Last night a poll gave the SNP a 13-point lead over Labour, the biggest ever recorded and enough to oust Chancellor Alistair Darling, Defence Secretary Des Browne and a string of other Scottish Labour MPs.
The ...