Glasgow Central by-election, 1980

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The Glasgow Central by-election, 1980 was a by-election held on 26 June 1980 for the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Central.

On a turnout of 48%, the Labour Party held the seat.

Contents 1 Candidates 2 Votes 2.1 1979 general election result 3 See also

[edit] Candidates

This was the last parliamentary by-election in England, Scotland or Wales not be contested by either the Liberal Party, the SDP, or their successor party the Liberal Democrats. The Social Democrat candidate had no connection to the SDP which later broke from the Labour Party, and achieved what was the lowest vote for any candidate in a Parliamentary election under universal suffrage.

[edit] Votes

Glasgow Central by-election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert McTaggart	4,902	60.8	-11.7
	Scottish National Party	Gil Paterson	2,122	26.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Anna McCurley	707	8.8	-7.6
	National Front	John MacKenzie	148	1.8	N/A
	Scottish Young Liberal	Graham Watson	134	1.7	N/A
	Ecology	David Mellor	45	0.6	N/A
	Social Democrat	Donald Kean	10	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,780
Turnout			8,062
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] 1979 general election result

General Election 1979: Glasgow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McMillan	8,542	72.5
	Conservative	F. Saleem	1,937	16.4
	Scottish National Party	S. Bird	1,308	11.1
Majority			6,605	56.0
Turnout				59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Glasgow Central - the 2005 re-creation of the historic constituency
• List of United Kingdom by-elections
• United Kingdom by-election records

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1979	September: Manchester Central | December: South West Hertfordshire
1980	March: Southend East | June: Glasgow Central
1981	April: Fermanagh and South Tyrone | July: Warrington | August: Fermanagh and South Tyrone | October: Croydon North West | November: Crosby
1982	March: Belfast South | Glasgow Hillhead | May: Beaconsfield | June: Merton, Mitcham and Morden | Coatbridge and Airdrie | September: Gower | October: Birmingham Northfield | Southwark Peckham | December: Glasgow Queens Park
1983	February: Bermondsey | March: Darlington