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A front wheel will probably have much narrower spacing than you require (100/110mm), any disc/modern wheel is likely to be QR aswell. this would mean that you would have no space to add washers etc to space it out to your rear 120/126/135mm. You could of course bend your frame but do you really want to ride QR fixed?
Another big point is that a £35 complete hybrid disc wheel is likely to be of questionable quality.
The rear wheel of any bike is somewhere where you want to get the best quality you can afford. On a fixed however. which has much less components - you really do notice and appreaciate every little nuance of quality.
You be better off getting a 'proper' wheel or building your own.
£25 decent fixed specific hub with lockrings + £20 rim + £15 spokes = £60
You can get me to build it for you perhaps, I have about 3 sizes of spokes.