- Paisley South by-election, 1997
The
Member of Parliament for Paisley South, inScotland ,Gordon McMaster , (Labour) died onJuly 28 ,1997 .A
by-election to fill the seat was held onNovember 6 . It was a very safe Labour seat, and despite a swing of 11% to theScottish National Party they did not come close to capturing the constituency.Results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Douglas Alexander
votes = 10,346
percentage = 44.1
change = -13.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Blackford
votes = 7,615
percentage = 32.5
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eileen McCartin
votes = 2,582
percentage = 11.0
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Laidlaw
votes = 1,643
percentage = 7.0
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = John Deighan
votes = 578
percentage = 2.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate =Frances Curran
votes = 306
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = C. McLauchlan
votes = 155
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. Herriot
votes = 153
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Kenneth Blair
votes = 57
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,731
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -11.3General Election result, 1997
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Gordon McMaster
votes = 21,482
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = William Martin
votes = 8,732
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eileen McCartin
votes = 3,500
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Reid
votes = 3,237
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = James Lardner
votes = 254
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate = Sean Clerkin
votes = 146
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =ee also
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Elections in Scotland
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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