1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2023 November 2013 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Glasgow Pollok constituency no 1966 United Kingdom general election 1966 1970 United Kingdom general election 1970 9 March 1967 Esmond Wright Scottish Conservative Party 14,270 36.9% 10.6% Dick Douglas Labour Party (UK) 12,069 31.2% 21.2% George Leslie Scottish National Party 10,884 28.2% New Glasgow Pollok Constituency 1955-1974.svg 150px Map showing the Glasgow Pollok Parliamentary constituency within Scotland. MP Subsequent MP Alex Garrow Scottish Labour Party Esmond Wright Scottish Conservative Party The 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Alex Garrow.Full results https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035318/http://by-elections.co.uk/67.html 29 March 2012 The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by under 2,000 votes.Election results https://web.archive.org/web/20150616093326/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i09.htm 16 June 2015 PoliticsResources.net Until the 1964 general election, the seat had been represented by Unionist MPs (the equivalent of Conservatives) continuously since its creation in 1918. This was the Conservatives' last gain at a Scottish by-election until the 2026 Aberdeen South by-election.Cochrane Angus 19 June 2026 Scottish Tories win first Westminster by-election in more than 50 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv3kk3nlj1o 19 June 2026 BBC News en-GB Candidates Conservative Party candidate Esmond Wright was a historian and author The Labour Party nominated local councillor and campaigner Dick Douglas as their candidate George Leslie, who had trained as a vet after studying at Glasgow University, stood for the Scottish National Party (SNP) The local Liberal Party association nominated Ian Miller The Communist Party of Great Britain chose Alex Murray, their Scottish Secretary, to be their candidate Result of the previous general election General election 1966: Glasgow Pollok Labour Party (UK) Alex Garrow 21,257 52.44 Scottish Conservative Party P T Smollett 19,282 47.56 1,975 4.88 40,539 Labour Party (UK) Result of the by-election Glasgow Pollok by-election, 9 March 1967 Scottish Conservative Party Esmond Wright 14,270 36.92 10.64 Labour Party (UK) Dick Douglas 12,069 31.22 21.22 Scottish National Party George Leslie 10,884 28.16 New Liberal Party (UK) Ian Miller 735 1.90 New Communist Party of Great Britain Alexander Murray 694 1.80 New 2,201 5.70 N/A 38,652 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Both main parties lost votes compared with the previous general election due to the good showing of the SNP, who recorded what was then their best result in a Glasgow constituency. However, as the Conservatives had predicted, the SNP drew more votes from Labour, allowing Wright to gain the seat with a majority of 2,201.Staff Reporter Tories win Pollock by 2201 votes https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19670310&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 4 August 2018 The Glasgow Herald 10 March 1967 It was the first time the Conservatives had gained a seat in Scotland since the 1959 general election and the party's first by-election gain since the Glasgow Camlachie by-election in 1948. The Glasgow Herald suggested that the result would be claimed as a turning point by the Conservatives in Scotland, while Labour would have to eat "a lot of campaign words", having predicted that they would have an increased majority and that the SNP would lose their deposit. Having almost pushed Labour into third place the result was described by the same newspaper as a "triumph" for the SNP, who had not previously contested the constituency, while the poor showing by the Liberals was labelled "a disaster". References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies Glasgow Pollok by-election Glasgow Pollok by-election Category:1960s elections in Scotland Category:1960s in Glasgow Glasgow Pollok by-election