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Scotland to lose seven MPs

Boundary changes could mean a fight to the death between Charles Kennedy and Danny Alexander.

By James Maxwell

A reduction in the number of Scottish Westminster seats and a re-ordering of Scottish constituency boundaries means some of the most high profile MPs north of the border could be ejected from parliament at the next UK general election in 2015.

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