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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Abbie Llewelyn

Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber

A Labour Party veteran heralded as an “important backroom architect of devolution” has died aged 73 after collapsing just outside the House of Lords chamber on Tuesday evening.

Lord Murray Elder, a childhood friend of Gordon Brown, served as general secretary of the Scottish Labour Party, chief of staff to former Opposition leader John Smith and special adviser to Donald Dewar, the first Secretary of State for Scotland.

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