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In 2006 he took the post of Youth Representative on Labour's [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]].<ref name="pike">{{Cite book|last=Pike|first=Joe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBWNCgAAQBAJ&dq=Youth+Representative+blair+mcdougall+nec&pg=PT32|title=Project Fear: How an Unlikely Alliance Left a Kingdom United but a Country Divided|year=2015|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1-84954-995-0|language=en}}</ref> |
In 2006 he took the post of Youth Representative on Labour's [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]].<ref name="pike">{{Cite book|last=Pike|first=Joe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBWNCgAAQBAJ&dq=Youth+Representative+blair+mcdougall+nec&pg=PT32|title=Project Fear: How an Unlikely Alliance Left a Kingdom United but a Country Divided|year=2015|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1-84954-995-0|language=en}}</ref> |
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Following Labour's defeat in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], McDougall coordinated [[David Miliband]]'s unsuccessful campaign for the party leadership, and subsequently founded [http://www.movementforchange.org.uk/ Movement for Change], an umbrella group for [[Community organizing|community organisers]]. He became Campaign Director of Better Together in 2012.<ref name="phillips">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18159764.jess-phillips-hires-better-together-boss-scotland-adviser/|title=Jess Phillips hires Better Together boss as Scotland adviser|author=The Jouker|date=14 January 2020|work=[[The National (Scotland)|The Scotsman]]}}</ref> After the No vote in the referendum on 18 September 2014, McDougall admitted that they would have struggled to win without "scaremongering".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/better-together-campaign-chief-we-would-have-struggled-to-wi|title=Better Together Campaign Chief: We Would Have Struggled To Win Without 'Scaremongering'|first=Siraj|last=Datoo|date=22 September 2014|website=[[BuzzFeed]]}}</ref> |
Following Labour's defeat in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], McDougall coordinated [[David Miliband]]'s unsuccessful campaign for the party leadership, and subsequently founded [http://www.movementforchange.org.uk/ Movement for Change]{{dead link}}, an umbrella group for [[Community organizing|community organisers]]. He became Campaign Director of Better Together in 2012.<ref name="phillips">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18159764.jess-phillips-hires-better-together-boss-scotland-adviser/|title=Jess Phillips hires Better Together boss as Scotland adviser|author=The Jouker|date=14 January 2020|work=[[The National (Scotland)|The Scotsman]]}}</ref> After the No vote in the referendum on 18 September 2014, McDougall admitted that they would have struggled to win without "scaremongering".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/better-together-campaign-chief-we-would-have-struggled-to-wi|title=Better Together Campaign Chief: We Would Have Struggled To Win Without 'Scaremongering'|first=Siraj|last=Datoo|date=22 September 2014|website=[[BuzzFeed]]}}</ref> |
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In 2014, he was appointed to an advisory role in [[Jim Murphy]]'s successful campaign for the Scottish Labour leadership.<ref name="scotsman.com 2014">{{cite web | title=Blair McDougall lands Jim Murphy advisor role | website=[[The Scotsman]] | date=31 October 2014 | url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/blair-mcdougall-lands-jim-murphy-advisor-role-1-3590464 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819171516/http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/blair-mcdougall-lands-jim-murphy-advisor-role-1-3590464 | archive-date=19 August 2016 | url-status=dead | access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> Murphy subsequently lost his seat to the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]].<ref name=scotsman/> |
In 2014, he was appointed to an advisory role in [[Jim Murphy]]'s successful campaign for the Scottish Labour leadership.<ref name="scotsman.com 2014">{{cite web | title=Blair McDougall lands Jim Murphy advisor role | website=[[The Scotsman]] | date=31 October 2014 | url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/blair-mcdougall-lands-jim-murphy-advisor-role-1-3590464 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819171516/http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/blair-mcdougall-lands-jim-murphy-advisor-role-1-3590464 | archive-date=19 August 2016 | url-status=dead | access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> Murphy subsequently lost his seat to the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]].<ref name=scotsman/> |
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Revision as of 06:58, 5 April 2022
Blair McDougall is a Scottish political activist in the British Labour Party. He is best known as head strategist to the Better Together campaign during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.[1]
Career
He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where as chair of the Labour Club he was Ross Kemp's campaign manager during the 1999 Rectorial election.[2]
He went on to serve as chair of Scottish Labour Students from 2001 to 2003 before becoming a special adviser to Ian McCartney, Minister for Trade, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.[3]
In 2006 he took the post of Youth Representative on Labour's National Executive Committee.[3]
Following Labour's defeat in the 2010 general election, McDougall coordinated David Miliband's unsuccessful campaign for the party leadership, and subsequently founded Movement for Change[dead link], an umbrella group for community organisers. He became Campaign Director of Better Together in 2012.[4] After the No vote in the referendum on 18 September 2014, McDougall admitted that they would have struggled to win without "scaremongering".[5]
In 2014, he was appointed to an advisory role in Jim Murphy's successful campaign for the Scottish Labour leadership.[6] Murphy subsequently lost his seat to the SNP in the 2015 general election.[7]
In April 2017, McDougall was confirmed as the Scottish Labour candidate for Murphy's former constituency of East Renfrewshire in the 2017 general election.[7][8] He came third in that election, with 26.7% of the vote, a fall in the Labour vote of over 7 points as compared with the 2015 election, in which Murphy came second with 34% of the vote.[9]
In January 2020, Labour MP Jess Phillips hired McDougall as Scotland adviser for her unsuccessful leadership campaign.[4]
Personal life
McDougall has two children.[10]
References
- ^ Young, Gregor (5 October 2021). "Better Together chief accused of 'bullsh*t' in pensions row". The National.
- ^ "Grannie competes with EastEnders hardman for university rector's post". The Herald. 2 February 1999.
- ^ a b Pike, Joe (2015). Project Fear: How an Unlikely Alliance Left a Kingdom United but a Country Divided. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84954-995-0.
- ^ a b The Jouker (14 January 2020). "Jess Phillips hires Better Together boss as Scotland adviser". The Scotsman.
- ^ Datoo, Siraj (22 September 2014). "Better Together Campaign Chief: We Would Have Struggled To Win Without 'Scaremongering'". BuzzFeed.
- ^ "Blair McDougall lands Jim Murphy advisor role". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Better Together chief Blair McDougall to stand for election". The Scotsman. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Better Together chief named as Labour election candidate". inews.co.uk. 26 April 2017.
- ^ "It's a win for the Conservatives Paul Masterton - and a resounding one at that!". Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "'I Knew We Had Won Before Ballot Boxes Started To Be Opened'". HuffPost UK. 14 October 2014.