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Article: DOWN TO THE WIRE 'Less than 1000 votes' separate Labour and SNP in Glasgow East by-election
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- July 20, 2008
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THE scale of the protest vote by former Labour supporters
disillusioned with Gordon Brown will deter mine who wins the Glasgow
East by-election.
Canvass returns from both Labour and the SNP point to a knife-
edge contest on Thursday, decided by less than 1000 votes.
With only four full days of cam - paigning left, the sheer scale
of those yet to make up their minds has been identified by the front-
runners as holding the key to victory.
Despite a weekend poll for the Daily Mail putting Labour on 52per
cent, 17 points clear of the SNP, the sample has largely been
dismissed as "rogue" by both Labour and SNP campaign teams.
In 2005 Labour won 61per cent of the vote on a 48per cent
turnout. The ...