Paisley South by-election, 1997

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The Member of Parliament for Paisley South, in Scotland, Gordon McMaster, (Labour) died on July 28, 1997.

A by-election to fill the seat was held on November 6. It was a very safe Labour seat, and despite a swing of 11% to the Scottish National Party they did not come close to capturing the constituency.

[edit] Results

Paisley South by-election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	10,346	44.1	-13.4
	Scottish National Party	Ian Blackford	7,615	32.5	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen McCartin	2,582	11.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Sheila Laidlaw	1,643	7.0	-1.7
	ProLife Alliance	John Deighan	578	2.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Frances Curran	306	1.3	+0.9
	Independent	C. McLauchlan	155	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	C. Herriot	153	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Kenneth Blair	57	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,731
Turnout				42.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.3

[edit] General Election result, 1997

General Election 1997: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon McMaster	21,482	57.5
	Scottish National Party	William Martin	8,732	23.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen McCartin	3,500	9.4
	Conservative	Robin Reid	3,237	8.6
	Referendum Party	James Lardner	254	0.7
	Scottish Socialist	Sean Clerkin	146	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Elections in Scotland
• List of United Kingdom by-elections

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