Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988

10 November 1988



Candidate	Jim Sillars	Bob Gillespie	Graeme Hamilton
Party	SNP	Labour	Conservative
Popular vote	14,677	11,123	2,207
Percentage	48.8	36.9	7.3


Candidate	Bernard Ponsonby
Party	Liberal Democrat

Map showing the Glasgow Govan Parliamentary constituency within Scotland.

MP before election

Bruce Millan
Labour

Subsequent MP

Jim Sillars
SNP

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The Glasgow Govan by-election, in the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Govan, Scotland, was held on 10 November 1988. It was caused by the resignation of Bruce Millan as Member of Parliament for the constituency following his appointment as a European Commissioner.^[1]

The result of the election provided the first major upset of the by-elections in the 1987-1992 parliament and was seen as embarrassing for the Labour Party, with the former Labour MP Jim Sillars winning the seat for the Scottish National Party with a majority of 3,554 and a large swing from Labour to the SNP.^[1]

Results

Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Jim Sillars	14,677	48.8	38.4
	Labour	Bob Gillespie	11,123	36.9	27.8
	Conservative	Graeme Hamilton	2,207	7.3	4.6
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Bernard Ponsonby	1,246	4.1	8.2
	Green	George Campbell	345	1.1
	Communist	Douglas Chalmers	281	0.9	0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Sutch	174	0.6
	Independent	Fraser Clark	51	0.2
Majority			3,554	11.8
Turnout			30,104	60.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	33.1

Previous Results

General Election 1987: Glasgow Govan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Millan	24,071	64.8	+9.8
	Social Democratic	A. Ferguson	4,562	12.3	-7.4
	Conservative	Mrs J. R. Girsman	4,411	11.9	-7.5
	SNP	F. McCabe	3,851	10.4	+4.5
	Communist	Douglas Chalmers	237	0.6	N/A
Majority			19,509	52.5
Turnout			37,132	73.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

References

1 2 The Times Guide to the House of Commons April 1992. London: Times Books. 1992. pp. 286–287. ISBN 0-7230-0497-8.
↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

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Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988

Results

Previous Results

References

See also