The Herald (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
LABOUR'S new Holyrood leader, Iain Gray, yesterday announced his first shadow cabinet change, handing Margaret Curran the crucial new role of policy co-ordinator, drawing up the manifesto for the party's fight-back in 2011.
Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
If you were asked to find a picture which summed up the general feeling amongst members of the Labour Party at the present time I would hazard a guess that this image of Margaret Curran from last night's by-election count in Glasgow East could be about as close as you could get to capturing the mood. Life for Labour MPs at the moment must be something akin to waiting on death row. After the Scottish...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
MARGARET Curran, the Labour MSP who lost the Glasgow East by-election, yesterday pledged her support to Iain Gray in his battle for the leadership of the party in Scotland.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Margaret Curran is mulling a bid for the Labour deputy leadership at Holyrood, after her unsuccessful bid to win the Glasgow East by-election.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Margaret Curran is mulling a bid for the Labour deputy leadership at Holyrood, after her unsuccessful bid to win the Glasgow East by-election.
Ewan Watt (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
HAT TIP to those fine people at Scottish Roundup for referring to my remark about Labour's campaign in Glasgow East. I just thought I'd add that not only did Margaret Curran lie about living and working in Glasgow East "all her life", but she also stated that she would not be moving to the constituency if she won. Poor candidate, poor campaign.
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
My post below brought a comment from Darren who objected to my rather strong and personal attacks on Margaret Curran and Doug Hoyle. I used to be one of the most civil and orthodox people you might meet. Then I...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
Letters: It was with a wry smile that I read the recent comments of Margaret Curran
THE WILTED ROSE (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
John Mason MP’s narrow victory over Margaret Curran MSP (the next leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament perhaps) was spectacular. As this blog has predicted, Brown isn’t going anywhere - he’s “getting on with the job”. Well, let’s let him - no one else would make much difference. Less reported is the election of Cllr Ehfuz Ahmed [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
John Mason won 11,277 votes to 10,912 for Labour's Margaret Curran. He becomes the SNP's seventh MP, sweeping Labour out of its 25th safest seat in parliament
The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Results (from Wikipedia ). Glasgow East by-election, 2008 [7] [8] [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scottish National Party John Mason 11,277 43.1 +26.1 Labour Margaret Curran 10,912 41.7 -19.0 Conservative Davena Rankin 1,639 6.3 -0.6 Liberal Democrat Ian Robertson 915 3.5 -8.3 Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 555 2.1 -1.4 Solidarity Tricia McLeish 512 1.9 N/A Scottish Green Eileen Duke 232 0.9 N/A...
ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
The SNP won Labour's third safest seat in Scotland on a huge swing last night, with the Conservatives beating the LibDems into third place: John Mason, SNP 11,277 (43.08%, +26.06%) Margaret Curran, Labour 10,912 (41.69%, -18.99%) Davena Rankin, Conservative 1,639...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
John Mason(SNP): 11,277 votes (43%) Majority: 365 Margaret Curran(Labour): 10,912 (41.6%) Davena Rankin (Conservative): 1,639 (6.3%) Ian Robertson(Liberal Democrat): 915 (3.5%) Voter turnout was 42.25%, down on the 48% figure at the last election, with 26,219 votes cast. The victor, John Mason said: "Three weeks ago the SNP predicted a political earthquake. "This SNP victory is not just
A Pint of Unionist Lite (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
The result : • John Mason, SNP - 11,277 • Margaret Curran, Labour - 10,912 • Davena Rankin, Conservative - 1,639 • Ian Robertson, Lib Dem - 915 • Frances Curran, Scottish Socialist Party - 555 • Tricia McLeish, Solidarity - 512 • Dr Eileen Duke, Scottish Greens - 232 • Chris Creighton, Independent - 67 • Hamish Howitt, Freedom 4 Choice - 65 Turnout 42.25% As I’ve said before , a nationalist victory...
Another Green World (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
SNP supporters Glasgow East result John Mason, SNP - 11,277 Margaret Curran, Labour - 10,912 Davena Rankin, Conservative - 1,639 Ian Robertson, Lib Dem - 915 Frances Curran, Scottish Socialist Party - 555 Tricia McLeish, Solidarity - 512 Dr Eileen Duke, Scottish Greens - 232 Chris Creighton, Independent - 67 Hamish Howitt, Freedom 4 Choice - 65 Turnout 42.25% I must admit it I thought Labour would...
