1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election

1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election
13 April 1978 (1978-04-13)
Glasgow Garscadden constituency
 
SNP
Con
Candidate Donald Dewar Keith Bovey Iain Lawson
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Popular vote 16,507 11,955 6,746
Percentage 45.4% 32.9% 18.5%
MP before election

William Small
Labour

 Elected MP

Donald Dewar
Labour

The 1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 April 1978 for the House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Garscadden, in the north-west periphery of Glasgow.

The contest was won by Donald Dewar, retaining the seat for Labour, widely seen as halting the rise of the Scottish National Party in the 1970s.

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