Nationalist leader elected to Scottish Parliament |
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ABERDEEN, Scotland (Thomson Financial) - The head of Scotland's nationalists was elected to the Scottish Parliament with a slim majority today, as early results suggested a swing away from thegoverning Labour Party.Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond ousted the sitting Liberal Democrat lawmaker in the constituency of Gordon, north-east Scotland, by a margin of 2,062 votes.Elsewhere, the SNP took seats off the governing Labour Party in Dundee West and Central Fife, which are both in the backyard of Britain's likely next prime minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.Labour were also defeated by the SNP in Stirling, central Scotland, the area most synonymous with Scottish independence.Full results were not expected until later today.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comafp/slmCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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Scotland goes to the polls amid spectre of separatism 