1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election

1962 UK parliamentary by-election April 2017 April 2017 The 1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election was held on 22 November 1962 when the incumbent Unionist MP, William Grant was appointed as Lord Justice Clerk. It was won by the Labour candidate Neil Carmichael, who retained the gain in the subsequent General Election. Campaign The Glasgow Herald reported on the morning of the poll that the Unionist candidate Norman Glen thought he would poll around 40% of the poll, with Carmichael polling about 39% for Labour. Carmichael predicted he would win by about 2,000 votes, while the Liberal candidate Jack House predicted that the seat would be won by either Carmichael or himself with Glen coming third.Polling Today in Woodside https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19621122&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 8 November 2021 The Glasgow Herald 22 November 1962 1 However the newspaper also reported that opinion polling suggested a comfortable win for Labour.Woodside goes to the polls https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19621122&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 8 November 2021 The Glasgow Herald 22 November 1962 16 Result Glasgow Woodside by-election, 1962 The Times, 23 November 1962http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html 1962 By Election Results 2012-02-05 dead 2015-08-17 Labour Party (UK) Neil Carmichael 8,303 36.1 -7.0 Unionist Party (Scotland) Norman Macleod Glen 6,936 30.1 -19.2 Liberal Party (UK) Jack House 5,000 21.7 +14.0 Scottish National Party A. Niven 2,562 11.1 New Independent Socialist Independent Socialist Guy Aldred 134 0.6 New Socialist Party of Great Britain Robert Vallar 83 0.4 New 1,368 6.0 N/A 23,018 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Glasgow Woodside by-election Glasgow Woodside by-election, 1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election Woodside Woodside by-election Glasgow Woodside by-election