1980 Glasgow Central by-election
Votes

1980 Glasgow Central by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Glasgow Central by-election, 1980

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Labour	Bob McTaggart	4,902	60.8	11.7

SNP	Gil Paterson	2,122	26.3	+16.2

Conservative	Anna McCurley	707	8.8	7.6

National Front	John MacKenzie	148	1.8	N/A

Scottish Young Liberal	Graham Watson	134	1.7	N/A

Ecology	David Mellor	45	0.6	N/A

Social Democrat (1979)	Donald Kean	10	0.1	N/A

Majority	2,780	34.5	21.5

Turnout	8,062

Labour hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Labour candidate Bob McTaggart was declared victor, with 60.8% of the votes cast.

final_sentence: Labour candidate Bob McTaggart was declared victor, with 60.8% of the votes cast.