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AS IT HAPPENED: General Election 2024 - Labour wins Lothian East

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  • - Douglas Alexander wins Lothian East for Labour with huge majority over 13,000.
  • - SNP's Lyn Jardine second but with fewer than half the party's votes of 2019.
  • - Labour's Chris Murray unseats the SNP's Tommy Sheppard in Edinburgh East and Musselburgh.
  • - Labour wins overall majority as Sir Keir Starmer to become Prime Minister.

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