Election 97

Eastwood

Current MP Allan Stewart
Conservative 97 17,530
Labour 97 20,766
LibDem 97 6,110
Nationalist 97 6,826
Other 97 506
Elected party
Eastwood

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Eastwood
Conservative 92 24,544
Labour 92 12,706
LibDem 92 8,651
Nationalist 92 6,589
Other 92 146
Elected party Conservative

Eastwood is notable for being probably the safest Conservative seat in Scotland. Affluent owner-occupiers compose the bulk of the electorate in this suburban Glasgow seat with the only strongly Labour area found in the small industrial town of Barrhead. In 1992, Tory MP Allan Stewart was returned with less than 50 per cent of the poll, but significant votes for both the Liberal Democrats and the SNP reined back the Labour candidate's challenge to a poor second place.


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