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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9577 | Elected |
| Coalition Conservative | 8762 | |
| Liberal | 1678 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15441 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 9336 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13987 | Elected |
| Liberal | 7095 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15132 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8815 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17384 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12736 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15047 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14442 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15791 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10211 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 4959 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18668 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9586 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19267 | Elected |
| Labour | 18894 | |
| Liberal | 1628 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1547 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20936 | Elected |
| Labour | 20695 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 24818 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15216 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 23139 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13319 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1869 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 20326 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9571 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1378 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 18533 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7677 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1103 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 13443 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6301 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2294 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 326 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Nov, 1973 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6360 | Elected |
| Labour | 5789 | |
| Conservative | 1780 | |
| Liberal | 1239 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 10326 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 9783 | |
| Conservative | 3049 | |
| Liberal | 763 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11392 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 9440 | |
| Conservative | 1623 | |
| Liberal | 444 | |
| National Front | 86 | |
| Independent | 27 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11676 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3188 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2340 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20370 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7313 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 7180 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2207 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24071 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 4562 | |
| Conservative | 4411 | |
| Scottish National Party | 3851 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 237 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Nov, 1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 14677 | Elected |
| Labour | 11123 | |
| Conservative | 2207 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1246 | |
| Green | 345 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 281 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 174 | |
| Independent | 51 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 17051 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 12926 | |
| Conservative | 3458 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1227 | |
| Green | 181 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14216 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 11302 | |
| Conservative | 2839 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1918 | |
| Scottish Socialist Alliance | 755 | |
| Independent (1) | 325 | |
| Independent (2) | 319 | |
| Independent (3) | 221 | |
| Referendum Party | 201 | |
| British National Party | 149 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 12464 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 6064 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2815 | |
| Conservative | 2167 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1531 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 174 | |
| Independent | 69 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
This Industrial Classifiction is used in the 2001 Census's Small Area Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glasgow Govan Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12751965/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 03rd June 2026