Labour MSP Cathy Jamieson will stand for former defence secretary Des Browne's seat at the next general election.
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BBCPolitics on 30th Jan 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Labour MSP Cathy Jamieson today announced her intention to bid for the Westminster seat being vacated by former defence secretary Des Browne at the next general election.
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Scotsman on 19th Dec 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Labour MSP Cathy Jamieson is to bid for the Westminster seat being vacated by Des Browne at the general election.
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BBCPolitics on 20th Dec 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
A SENIOR figure is to quit Labour's Holyrood front bench after deciding to stand for a Westminster seat, it was announced today.
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Scotsman on 22nd Dec 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
FORMER defence secretary Des Browne has announced he is to quit the House of Commons at the next general election.
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Scotsman on 28th Nov 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Former defence secretary Des Browne announces he is to step down as MP at the next general election.
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BBCPolitics on 27th Nov 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Cathy Jamieson: "Surely in a situation where everyone seemed to be suggesting that tax breaks were a good idea prior to the election, it would have been incumbent then on
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Scotsman on 21st Oct 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
We learn this morning that Cathy Jamieson, the Labour MSP for Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley and Shadow Housing Secretary, seeks to replace Des Browne as MP for Kilmarnock & Loudoun. She should be wary as history is against her: only one sitting MSP has managed to make it to Westminster - David Mundell, then MSP for the South of Scotland and now MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweed...
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JArthurMacNumpty on 20th Dec 2009 (via macnumpty.blogspot.com)
Des Browne admitted soon after Labour lost its once impregnable seat in Glasgow East that his place in the cabinet was far from secure
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Guardian on 3rd Oct 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
It was widely predicted that Des Browne would be a victim of the latest re-shuffle but that he's leaving the Cabinet completely is still a bit of a surprise and not much of a thank-you for all that loyalty he's shown towards his (almost) namesake. Mr Browne had the almost impossible task of being both Defence Secretary at a time when British forces are overstretched and over there in bot...
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AlanCochrane on 3rd Oct 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Cathy Jamieson, the Labour Co-operative MSP, has launched her bid for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party. In her early speeches, she has promoted the Co-operative movement and co-operative policies for Scotland.In a meeting with ASLEF representatives, Cathy called for a "fundamental review" of Scotland's railways, including the mutualisation of Network Rail, in support of our People's Rai...
