Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1967
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Map showing the Glasgow Pollok Parliamentary constituency within Scotland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Glasgow Pollok by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Alex Garrow:[1]
The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by under 2,000 votes[2]
Candidates
- Esmond Wright for the Conservatives was a historian and author
- Labour nominated local councillor and campaigner Dick Douglas
- The Scottish National Party nominated George Leslie, who had trained as a vet after studying at Glasgow University.
- The local Liberal Party association nominated Ian Miller
- The Communists chose Alex Murray, their Scottish Secretary
Result of the previous general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Alex Garrow | 21,257 | 52.44 | ||
Conservative | P T Smollett | 19,282 | 47.56 | ||
Majority | 1,975 | 4,87 | - | ||
Result of the by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Esmond Wright | 14,270 | 36.92 | 10.64 | |
Labour | Dick Douglas | 12,069 | 31.22 | 21.22 | |
SNP | George Leslie | 10,884 | 28.16 | N/A | |
Liberal | Ian Miller | 735 | 1.90 | N/A | |
Communist | Alexander Murray | 694 | 1.80 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,208 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,652 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Full results
- ↑ Election results PoliticsResources.net
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