Glasgow Govan - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Glasgow Govan constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Glasgow Govan
Region	Scotland
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	12,464	49.30%	+5.21%
	SNP	6,064	23.98%	-11.07%
	Liberal Democrat	2,815	11.13%	+5.19%
	Conservative	2,167	8.57%	-0.23%
	Minor	1,531	6.06%	N/A
	Others	243	0.96%	N/A
Majority		6,400	25.31%
Turnout		25,284	46.76%	-17.94%
Electorate		54,068
Swing from SNP to LAB			8.14%
Swing from LD to LAB			0.01%
Swing from SNP to LD			8.13%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	14,216	44.09%	-4.85%
	SNP	11,302	35.05%	-2.05%
	Conservative	2,839	8.80%	-1.12%
	Liberal Democrat	1,918	5.95%	+2.43%
	Minor	755	2.34%	N/A
	Others	1,215	3.77%	N/A
Majority		2,914	9.04%
Turnout		32,245	64.70%	-11.24%
Electorate		49,836
Swing from LAB to SNP			1.40%
Swing from LAB to CON			1.86%
Swing from SNP to CON			0.46%
	Labour hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,051	48.94%	-15.89%
	SNP	12,926	37.10%	+26.73%
	Conservative	3,458	9.92%	-1.95%
	Liberal Democrat	1,227	3.52%	N/A
	Green	181	0.52%	N/A
Majority		4,125	11.84%
Turnout		34,843	75.95%	+2.59%
Electorate		45,879
Swing from LAB to SNP			21.31%
Swing from LAB to CON			6.97%
Swing from CON to SNP			14.34%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,071	64.83%	+9.88%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	4,562	12.29%	-7.08%
	Conservative	4,411	11.88%	-7.85%
	SNP	3,851	10.37%	+4.42%
	Minor	237	0.64%	N/A
Majority		19,509	52.54%
Turnout		37,132	73.36%	+1.73%
Electorate		50,616
Swing from ALL to LAB			8.48%
Swing from CON to LAB			8.86%
Swing from CON to ALL			0.38%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,370	54.95%	-12.92%
	Conservative	7,313	19.73%	+1.20%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7,180	19.37%	N/A
	SNP	2,207	5.95%	-7.65%
Majority		13,057	35.22%
Turnout		37,070	71.63%	+2.52%
Electorate		51,754
Swing from LAB to CON			7.06%
Swing from LAB to ALL			16.14%
Swing from CON to ALL			9.09%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	11,676	67.87%	+18.36%
	Conservative	3,188	18.53%	+11.48%
	SNP	2,340	13.60%	-27.42%
Majority		8,488	49.34%
Turnout		17,204	69.11%	-2.59%
Electorate		24,894
Swing from CON to LAB			3.44%
Swing from SNP to LAB			22.89%
Swing from SNP to CON			19.45%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	11,392	49.50%	+6.34%
	SNP	9,440	41.02%	+0.12%
	Conservative	1,623	7.05%	-5.69%
	Liberal	444	1.93%	-1.26%
	Others	113	0.49%	N/A
Majority		1,952	8.48%
Turnout		23,012	71.70%	-3.22%
Electorate		32,094
Swing from SNP to LAB			3.11%
Swing from CON to LAB			6.02%
Swing from CON to SNP			2.91%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	10,326	43.17%	N/A
	SNP	9,783	40.90%	N/A
	Conservative	3,049	12.75%	N/A
	Liberal	763	3.19%	N/A
Majority		543	2.27%
Turnout		23,921	74.92%	N/A
Electorate		31,928

	Labour win

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