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Article: Glasgow East By-Election: Labour alerts voters to double jeopardy of 'the two Currans'

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July 18, 2008
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LABOUR campaigners were yesterday accused of panicking about the result of the Glasgow East by-election after it emerged that they had begun a strategy to cope with possible confusion over candidate names.

As polling day draws closer, party strategists on all sides are expecting a low turn-out for the crucial by-election, making a tight result more likely in what was a safe Labour seat with a majority of 13,500.

This has caused concerns in the Labour camp that confusion between their candidate Margaret Curran and Scottish Socialist Party candidate Frances Curran could prove crucial.

The SSP candidate appears ahead of Margaret Curran on the ballot paper because her forename starts with a ...

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