Glasgow Queen's Park (UK Parliament Constituency) - Election Results

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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