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Glasgow Pollok by election, 1967

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9 March 1967
  
1970 →

12,069
  
10,884

31.2
  
28.2

14,270
  
12,069

36.9
  
31.2

Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1967

The Glasgow Pollok by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Alex Garrow:

The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by under 2,000 votes

Candidates

  • Esmond Wright for the Conservatives was a historian and author
  • Labour nominated local councillor and campaigner Dick Douglas
  • The Scottish National Party nominated George Leslie, who had trained as a vet after studying at Glasgow University.
  • The local Liberal Party association nominated Ian Miller
  • The Communists chose Alex Murray, their Scottish Secretary

    • References

    Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1967 Wikipedia
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