John MacDougall

Labour to win the Glenrothes By-Election - 6pts - 10/3

kickingbets (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008

The result in the 2005 General Election was. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenrothes_(UK_Parliament_constituency) General Election, 5 May 2005 Party Candidate Votes % Labour John MacDougall 19,395 51.9 Scottish National Party John Beare 8,731 23.4 Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Riches 4,728 12.7 Conservative Belinda Don 2,651 The latest opinion polls in this constituency put Labour/SNP neck and neck (they...

[labour deaths] the stress of the job perhaps

nourishing obscurity (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

The list had reached Fiona Jones , Piara Khabra [old age], John MacDougall , Ron Brown [age], Gwynneth Dunwoody , Rachel Squire , Terry Fields , Roger Stott , Bernie Grant and Tony Banks before I realized I'd have to leave off those who "legitimately" died of old age and its complications. Not quite dead but assaulted include Anne Moffat so far but it seems that Harriet Harman [see last post] is a...

Glenrothes by-election to be held 6 November 08.

Daily Referendum (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

From the BBC : The Glenrothes by-election will take place on 6 November, Labour MPs have been told. It has not yet been decided if Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be campaigning ahead of the contest. The Glenrothes seat was left vacant after the death of John MacDougall , who was fighting the cancer-related disease mesothelioma . The Labour Party is defending a 10,600 majority from the last general...

Is this upping the stakes for Gord?

politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Does Labour’s candidate choice make it that more personal? Given Labour’s by election record and the terrible poll ratings then as soon as the news came of the the death of John MacDougall, MP for Glenrothes, the assumption has been that this will be the party’s third loss in Scotland of the four Westminster seats it [...]

Labour picks headmaster to fight Glenrothes by-election

The Herald (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Labour last night selected Lindsay Roy, the Kirkcaldy High School rector, as its candidate to fight the Glenrothes by-election, caused by the death of John MacDougall earlier this month.

Lindsay Roy will fight the Glenrothes by-election for Labour

Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

A headteacher from Gordon Brown’s old school has been chosen as the Labour candidate for the Glenrothes by-election. Lindsay Roy, 59, was one of three contenders vying to fight the seat for Labour which was left vacant by the death of Labour MP John MacDougall. Mr Roy became rector at Mr Brown’s old school, Kirkcaldy High School [...]

MP’s family criticises delay in compensation for asbestos-linked illnesses

The Herald (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

The compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases have been strongly criticised by those close to John MacDougall, the Glenrothes MP who died while suing the government over his illness.

Late MP was suing MoD over illness

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

JOHN MacDougall, the Labour MP for Glenrothes who died two weeks ago from lung cancer, was suing the government at the time of his death, it emerged yesterday.

• Late MP was suing MoD over illness - News Scotsman

MP’s family criticises delays in compensation for asbestos-linked illnesses

The Herald (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

The compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases have been strongly criticised by those close to John MacDougall, the Glenrothes MP who died while suing the government over his illness.

‘But life is better measured by deeds rather than by days’

Chicken Yoghurt (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008

When MP John MacDougall died, Gordon Brown gave a eulogy at the funeral… And we are here today because we have lost in John a tireless fighter for social justice, we have lost an endlessly loyal champion of decent values… Could Brown say the same about himself? Bollocks could he: John MacDougall, the former MP for Glenrothes, launched [...]

PM leads tributes as 'true servant of the people' MacDougall laid to rest

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

GORDON Brown has led tributes to John MacDougall, the popular Glenrothes MP, who was laid to rest yesterday after a funeral attended by family, friends and leading Scots poli

PM leads tributes as 'true servant of the people' MacDougall laid to rest

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

GORDON Brown has led tributes to John MacDougall, the popular Glenrothes MP, who was laid to rest yesterday after a funeral attended by family, friends and leading Scots poli

• Polticians pay tribute at MacDougall funeral - The Herald

Brown leads mourners at MP's funeral

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

Friends, former colleagues and relatives gather in Fife to remember Labour MP John MacDougall

• Polticians pay tribute at MacDougall funeral - The Herald
• Brown at Labour MP's funeral - icWales
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Scottish News: Gordon Brown's 'local hero' tribute at funeral of John MacDougall

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

GORDON Brown paid tribute to "local hero" John MacDougall yesterday as he led mourners at the MP's funeral.

Premier lauds ‘champion of decent values’

The Herald (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's eulogy at the funeral yesterday of John MacDougall praised the Glenrothes MP as a "tireless fighter for social justice and endlessly loyal champion of decent values."