1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election
Votes

1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	John Home Robertson	20,530	47.4	+4.1

Conservative	Margaret Marshall	17,418	40.2	+2.6

SNP	Isobel Lindsay	3,799	8.8	−4.4

Liberal	Tam Glen	1,543	3.6	−2.3

Majority	3,112	7.2	+1.5

Turnout	43,290

Labour hold	Swing	+0.8

Sentence(s)

The result was a victory for Home Robertson, with majority of 3,112 votes.

final_sentence: The result was a victory for Home Robertson, with majority of 3,112 votes.