Labour beaten in by-election shock

Labour has sensationally been beaten by the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by-election.

The SNP's John Mason won 11,277 votes (43.08% of the poll), up 26% on his party's vote in the 2005 General Election. He beat Labour candidate Margaret Curran - already a Glasgow MSP - on 10,912 (41.69%) as the Labour vote fell by nearly 19%.

The result is a devastating blow to PM Gordon Brown and one of the biggest by-election upsets in political history.

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