1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election

1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election
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Glasgow Pollok constituency
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Esmond Wright Dick Douglas George Leslie
Party Conservative Labour SNP
Popular vote 14,270 12,069 10,884
Percentage 36.9% 31.2% 28.2%
Swing Decrease10.6% Decrease21.2% New
Map showing the Glasgow Pollok Parliamentary constituency within Scotland.
MP before election

Alex Garrow
Labour

Subsequent MP

Esmond Wright
Conservative

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 1966 United Kingdom general election by under 2,000 votes.[2]

  1. ^ Full results Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Election results Archived 16 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net