Kentish Town is part of the Holborn and St Pancras seat currently held by Labour's Frank Dobson.

She came third behind the sitting MP, Labour's Frank Dobson, and the Liberal Democrat candidate Jill Fraser.

At the November 1982 general election, Kemmy lost his seat to Labour's Frank Prendergast.

The 1983 election was the first since Rodgers had left the Labour Party, and he was narrowly defeated by Labour's Frank Cook.

Support in Scotland was critical to Labour's overall electoral fortunes as without Scottish MPs it would have gained only two UK electoral victories in the 20th century ( 1945 and 1966 ).

This resulted in Jean Turner's election as the Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden on this single issue in 2003, however she eventually lost her seat to Labour's David Whitton in the 2007 elections for the Scottish Parliament.

The changing demographics of the area and Labour's increasing popularity in Scotland made it a winnable seat, and Maxton's victory was made more likely by the Conservative Party's strident opposition of the Scottish National Party which drove some of its voters back to Labour.

Foulkes returned to electoral politics in 2007 when he led the Scottish Labour Party's Lothian List in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, and was vice-chairman of Labour's Holyrood election campaign.

Since his election to the Scottish Parliament Foulkes has been responsible for Labour's opposition to the minority SNP Government.

The ballot was held amongst a restricted electorate of Labour MSPs and members of Scottish Labour's national executive, because there was insufficient time for a full election to be held.

He also spent time as Opposition Scottish Whip, 1983 – 84, as Labour's Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on: Agriculture ( 1984 – 87 ), Scottish Affairs ( 1987 – 88 ), Agricultural and Rural Affairs ( 1988 -), and on Food ( 1989 -).

In 1979 he contested the Edinburgh Central seat for the Scottish Conservatives, but lost to Labour's Robin Cook.

He was first elected in the 2003 general election, when he was the youngest sitting MSP, and is Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment in the Scottish Parliament.

Catherine is currently Labour's Euro-Spokesperson on Consumer Rights and is the only Scottish MEP on the prestigious economic and monetary affairs committee.

The Labour Party, which controlled the government in this time, has drawn consistent Scottish support since Labour's founding had seen the SNP become much more than a protest vote in the ' 70s.

Then Minister for Transport 2000-2001 during which time she introduced one of Scottish Labour's flagship policies of free bus travel for people over 60.

In the wake of Labour's defeat in the 2011 election and Iain Gray's resignation, she declared her candidacy for the election to the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party, with her campaign launched on 7 November at Stirling University.

She had been education spokesperson in Dewar's election campaign team – Deacon had been initially rejected as a candidate by Scottish Labour's controversial vetting process, eventually becoming the only person to appeal successfully.

At the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections she stood as Labour's candidate in the Edinburgh Western constituency.

Following the Scottish National Party's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Jamieson was appointed Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business and was selected as Labour's appointment to the Parliamentary Bureau.

Lochhead's version is set in the early years of the Scottish Parliament and satirises Scottish Labour's relationship with the media.

Prior to Scottish devolution in 1999, the Lord Advocate was a political appointment, therefore the Conservative defeat in the 1997 general election, saw Mackay replaced by Labour's Lord Hardie.

Later in 1968, when the government published its Bills for the new session, Powell was angry at Heath's acceptance of the plan drawn up by the Conservative MP Iain Macleod and Labour's Richard Crossman to reform the Lords, titled the Parliament ( No. 2 ) Bill.

The current MP is Labour's Kevin Brennan, elected in 2001.

The MP for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency since 1992 has been Labour's Glenda Jackson.

Sandal, Kettlethorpe, Agbrigg and Belle Vue in the south of the city are represented by Labour's Jon Trickett who has been MP for Hemsworth since 1996.

When accused by colleagues including Eric Heffer, left-wing MP for Liverpool Walton, of putting Labour's chances of winning the next election in jeopardy with his tax proposals, Healey said the party and the country must face the consequences of Labour's policy of the redistribution of income and wealth ; " That is what our policy is, the party must face the realities of it ".

This bill passed narrowly ; of 120 MPs, 60 voted for it, 59 against, and one politician, Labour's Ashraf Choudhary, the country's only Muslim MP, abstained.

As such it was held by the Conservatives from 1983 until 1992 ( until 1987 by the former Runcorn MP Mark Carlisle, then by Chris Butler ), when it was taken by Labour's Mike Hall.

On 6 May 2010, Sarah Teather defeated Labour's Dawn Butler, a former Brent MP, by over 1, 000 votes in the new Parliamentary constituency of Brent Central.

* Oona King-A former MP who lost her seat to George Galloway and the defeated candidate to be Labour's candidate for the Mayoralty of London

NewLabour had been established by Jim Anderton, a former Labour MP who quit the party in protest over the economic reforms of Roger Douglas, which were often blamed for Labour's election loss in 1990.

At the 2001 general election she was selected to contest Labour's ultra-safe seat of Redcar, following the retirement of the sitting MP and former Cabinet minister, Mo Mowlam.

( Michael is expected to, but has yet to formally resign as, MP for Cardiff South & Penarth as he is been adopted as Labour's candidate in the election for South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner due to be held on 15 November 2012 ).

However, in the 1970 general election, he was defeated by Labour's Nigel Spearing ( the seat was later regained by Sir George Young who held it until 1997 and who is now MP for North-West Hampshire ).

In July 2007, he was selected to succeed Alan Williams MP, the Father of the House, as Labour's candidate for the Swansea West constituency at the 2010 general election.

He remained the MP there until the 1992 General Election when he was defeated by Labour's Alan Milburn by a margin of 2, 798 votes.

In the 1992 election, Hill outperformed Labour's national performance by being the first Labour MP ever elected for the Streatham constituency.

She was elected as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Newark in Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election.

Prebble lost his Wellington Central seat ( the boundaries of which were significantly changed by the Electoral Commission, to Prebble's disfavour ) to Labour's Marian Hobbs in the 1999 election, but remained in Parliament as a list MP and leader of ACT.

Gordon Walker did not contest the 1945 general election, but was elected later in 1945 as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Smethwick in a by-election on 1 October 1945 after Labour's Alfred Dobbs was killed in a car accident one day after winning the seat at the 1945 general election.

It had been held by the Liberal MP, Roderic Bowen, until his defeat by Labour's Elystan Morgan in 1966.

The Member of Parliament representing Walton-on-the-Hill is Labour's Steve Rotherham MP.

Sowry kept the seat until the 1996 elections, when he unsuccessfully contested the new Otaki seat against Labour's Judy Keall and became a list MP.

In the 1999 election, he was defeated in Rotorua by Labour's Stephanie Chadwick, but remained in Parliament as a list MP.