ELECTION 2003: And It's Labour in Scotland Again Too

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LABOUR was this morning returned to power in Scotland after a night of high drama in which nationalists failed to make expected gains, while the Tories unseated a Labour minister.

In a stunning victory, Tory leader David McLetchie became the first Conservative to become a constituency MSP at a Scottish parliamentary election when he ejected enterprise minister Iain Gray from Edinburgh Pentlands.

In another electoral upset, Labour's Brian Fitzpatrick was ousted from Strathkelvin and Bearsden by an independent health service campaigner.

Mr McLetchie told supporters, ``Ever since I joined the Conservative Party at the age of 16 I have dreamed of the day I …