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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
In a stunning defiance of the odds and a sign of Gordon Brown's improving fortunes, Lindsay Roy increased the party's vote share and saw off the Scottish National Party by 6,737 votes.It was seen as a major personal boost for the Prime Minister, who broke with tradition by joining the campaign on the ground in the seat, which neighbours his own.Mr Roy, the 59-year-old headteacher of Mr Brown's...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
In a stunning defiance of the odds and a sign of Gordon Brown's improving fortunes, Lindsay Roy increased the party's vote share and saw off the Scottish National Party by 6,737 votes.It was seen as a major personal boost for the Prime Minister, who broke with tradition by joining the campaign on the ground in the seat, which neighbours his own.Mr Roy, the 59-year-old headteacher of Mr Brown's...
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And another thing... (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
LINDSAY Roy, the new MP for Glenrothes, was introduced to the House a short time ago, immediately following Prime Minister’s Questions. Hard to say if he felt intimidated or not -the House isn’t usually that busy when new members are introduced. But he got an enthusiastic welcome from our lot, less so from the SNP [...]
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
LINDSAY Roy, a former headteacher, has won the Glenrothes by-election for Labour.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
LINDSAY Roy, a former headteacher, has won the Glenrothes by-election for Labour.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
One of the factors that seems to have helped persuade the people of Glenrothes to choose Lindsay Roy as their MP was the knowledge that, until recently, he never wanted the job in the first place. Roy, 59, was a career headteacher. He had been teaching in Fife for almost 40 years and, until this year, he had never stood for election as a politician. In an era in which the public are deeply...
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The Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Hat tip Waking Hereward Lindsay Roy is under the impression that he can actually do something for the people who he hopes will elect him to a nice comfy leather seat at Westminster... This taken from the Scottish Labour web site... Lindsay Roy says: “My Action Plan for Fife will help people here with their own lives". A summary of Lindsay’s Action Plan for Fife Crack down on anti-social...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
I’M not really a betting man, but I’ve just put a fiver on Labour’s Lindsay Roy to win the crucial Glenrothes by-election.
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Sketch: Poor Lindsay Roy. It was the Glenrothes headmaster’s first day in the Commons and the classroom was on its worst behaviour.
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Whitehall 1212 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Poor Lindsay Roy. It was the Glenrothes headmaster's first day in the Commons and the classroom was on its worst behaviour. Prime Minister's Questions is a barracking, gladiatorial confrontation each Wednesday, but there were seasoned commentators yesterday who could not remember such vitriolic exchanges as took place while dealing with a harrowing and tragic subject. The spark that set off...
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
LINDSAY Roy has officially taken his seat in the House of Commons as the new Labour MP for Glenrothes just a week after his surprise by-election win.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
LINDSAY Roy has officially taken his seat in the House of Commons as the new Labour MP for Glenrothes just a week after his surprise by-election win.
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Norman Baker MP John Mason MP Donal Blaney Chris Mounsey (Devil's Kitchen) Lindsay Roy MP Hazel Blears MP The Daily Politico is a feature on the Total Politics website , where people in the political world answer 50 brief questions on their lives and politics.
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
He is certainly used to dealing with unruly schoolchildren.But for Scotland's newest MP, handling the cut and thrust of life at Westminster is likely to be a different type of challenge.Lindsay Roy will take his seat in the House of Commons today, less than a week after emerging victorious in the Glenrothes by-election.Mr Roy, who won last week's crunch vote for Labour, will have breakfast with...
