Westminster By-elections

saltire shield 'The ancestor of the hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) was reputed to have played cards with the devil; all that the hon. Member for Linlithgow has done is to play a few hands with the Tory party.'
Alex Salmond, Hansard, 6 th May 1998.		 Lion Rampant

Seats changing hands in Westminster By-elections 1935 - present

Date Constituency Result
18 th March 1936 Dunbartonshire Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist
20 th November 1936 Greenock Labour gain from National Liberal
9 th - 13 th April 1945 Combined Scottish Universities Independent gain from National Liberal
12 th April 1945 Motherwell Scottish National Party gain from Labour
28 th January 1948 Glasgow Camlachie Conservative & Unionist gain from Independent Labour Party
13 th March 1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist
22 nd November 1962 Glasgow Woodside Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist
14 th May 1964 Rutherglen Labour gain from Conservative & Unionist
26 th March 1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles Liberal gain from Conservative & Unionist
9 th March 1967 Glasgow Pollok Conservative & Unionist gain from Labour
2 nd November 1967 Hamilton Scottish National Party gain from Labour
8 th September 1973 Glasgow Govan Scottish National Party gain from Labour
25 th March 1982 Glasgow Hillhead SDP/Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative & Unionist
10 th November 1988 Glasgow Govan Scottish National Party gain from Labour
7 th November 1991 Kincardine & Deeside Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative & Unionist
25 th May 1995 Perth & Kinross Scottish National Party gain from Conservative & Unionist
9 th February 2006 Dunfermline & East Fife Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
24 th July 2008 Glasgow East Scottish National Party gain from Labour

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