Labour Party of Scotland
House of Commons

Labour Party of Scotland

Section Title: House of Commons
Table Section Text: None

Dundee East by-election, 1973

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Labour	George Machin	14,411	32.74	15.60

SNP	Gordon Wilson	13,270	30.15	+21.22

Conservative	William Fitzgerald	11,089	25.19	17.17

Liberal	Nathaniel Gordon	3,653	8.30	N/A

Labour Party of Scotland	George McLean	1,409	3.20	N/A

Independent	John S. Thomson	182	0.41	N/A

Majority	1,141	2.59	3.39

Turnout	44,014	70.0	5.97

Labour hold	Swing	18.41

Sentence(s)

George Machin took the seat with a majority of 1,141, despite Labour's vote share declining by 15.6%.

final_sentence: George Machin took the seat with a majority of 1,141, despite Labour's vote share declining by 15.6%.