1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2025 November 2013 A 1961 by-election for the Glasgow Bridgeton constituency was held on Thursday 16 November 1961. The Labour Party candidate, James Bennett managed to retain the seat for his party, with a majority of 6,995 votes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T909AAAAIBAJ&sjid=LUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5028%2C2706022 Majority down at Bridgeton The Glasgow Herald 17 November 1961 1 18 January 2017 The by-election was significant, in that it was one of the first elections in which the Scottish National Party achieved a 19% share of the vote; only narrowly beaten by the Unionist candidate M.McNeill for second place.Brand Jack National Movement in Scotland 1978 Routledge 0710088663 258 Although this was not exceptional and did not receive much attention at the time, it was the forerunner of more significant serious success for the SNP later in the 1960s. By-election 1961: Glasgow Bridgeton The Times, 17 November 1961http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095631/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html 1961 By Election Results 2012-03-25 dead 2015-08-15 Labour Party (UK) James Bennett 10,930 57.5 -5.9 Unionist Party (Scotland) Malcolm McNeill 3,935 20.7 -15.9 Scottish National Party Ian Macdonald 3,549 18.7 New Independent Labour Party George Stone 586 3.1 N/A 6,995 36.8 +10.0 19,000 41.9 -26.6 Labour Party (UK) References Glasgow Bridgeton by-election Category:1960s elections in Scotland Glasgow Bridgeton by-election Glasgow Bridgeton by-election Bridgeton 1961 Category:1960s in Glasgow