- Paisley South by-election, 1990
The Paisley South by-election, 1990 was a parliamentary
by-election held on29 November 1990 for theBritish House of Commons constituency of Paisley South, in the town ofPaisley ,Scotland .It was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour
Member of Parliament (MP)Norman Buchan .As in the by-election in the neighbouring seat of Paisley North held three weeks before on
November 8 , 1990, the SNP saw a healthy increase in their share of the vote, but not enough to win, and the Labour Party retained the seat, withGordon McMaster being their successful candidate.Results
Election box begin no clear
title=Paisley South by-election, 1990Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Gordon McMaster
votes = 12,485
percentage = 46.1
change = -10.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Iain Lawson
votes = 7,455
percentage = 27.5
change = +13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J Workman
votes = 3,627
percentage = 13.4
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =Alan Reid
votes = 2,660
percentage = 9.8
change = 5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (UK)
candidate = L Collie
votes = 835
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,030
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 27,062
percentage = 55.0
change = -20.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -11.8ee also
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Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
*Paisley South by-election, 1997
*Paisley North by-election, 1990
*Elections in Scotland
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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