Election Results
| General Election 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 15,883 | 56.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Shearer | 7,517 | 26.6 | N/A | |
| SNP | David MacKellar | 4,394 | 15.6 | N/A | |
| Communist | John Kay | 372 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| International Marxist | R.M. Purdie | 90 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,366 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,256 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
| Labour gain from new seat | Swing | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 38,567 | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Glasgow Queen's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 14,574 | 56.1 | -0.1 | |
| SNP | David MacKellar | 5,660 | 21.8 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian MacKinnon | 4,421 | 17.0 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal | Moira Aitchison | 966 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Communist | John Kay | 354 | 1.4 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 8,914 | 34.3 | +4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 25,975 | 67.0 | -6.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 38,776 | ||||
| General Election 1979: Glasgow Queen's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frank McElhone | 15,120 | 64.4 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Julius Collins | 5,642 | 24.0 | +7.0 | |
| SNP | Philip Greene | 2,276 | 9.7 | -12.1 | |
| Communist | John Kay | 263 | 1.1 | -0.3 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Jean Kerrigan | 99 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Unity | W. MacLellan | 92 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,478 | 40.4 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 23,492 | 68.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 34,332 | ||||
- Death of Frank McElhone
| By-Election 2 December 1982: Glasgow Queen's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen McElhone | 8,851 | 56.0 | -8.4 | |
| SNP | Peter Mallan | 3,157 | 20.0 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | D.J. Carlaw | 1,888 | 12.0 | -12.0 | |
| Liberal | G. Watson | 1,487 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| Communist | John Kay | 339 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | John Connell | 40 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Scottish Republican Socialist | A.H. Tennent | 39 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,694 | 36.0 | -4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 15,701 | 47.0 | -21.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 33,641 | ||||
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