Election 97

Glasgow Pollok


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Jimmy Dunnachie
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 1,979 ( 6.0%)
Labour 97 19,653 (59.9%)
LibDem 97 1,137 ( 3.5%)
Nationalist 97 5,862 (17.9%)
Other 97 4,171 (12.7%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 49,284
Turnout 97 32,802 (66.6%)



1992 MP Jimmy Dunnachie
Old constituency name Glasgow Pollok
Majority 92 9,453 (24.9%)
Conservative 92 3,107 ( 8.2%)
Labour 92 18,945 (49.9%)
LibDem 92 1,648 ( 4.3%)
Nationalist 92 9,492 (25.0%)
Other 92 4,811 (12.7%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 52,678
Turnout 92 38,003 (72.1%)
Glasgow Pollok



Tory change -2.1%
Labour change +10.1%
Lib Dem change -0.9%
Nationalist change -7.1%
Other change +0.1%
Electorate change -6.4%
Turnout Change -5.6%
Robert Waller wrote

Glasgow Pollok, in the south west of the city, is another Glasgow seat where council estates and a traditionally Labour-inclined electorate predominate. There have been major boundary changes here, but in 1992 Labour was challenged from the left in the former Pollock constituency by a candidate standing for Scottish Militant Labour, who attracted the votes of nearly one in five electors. If this was the consequence of a certain Labour complacency about their invincibility in urban Glasgow, the party is likely to have learnt its lesson, and is likely to reassert its ascendancy more effectively this time to maintain a safe majority.


Super Profiles

379 1.71 9.03 19
0 0.00 11.17 0
619 2.79 11.25 25
5,275 23.74 14.70 161
641 2.88 10.45 28
0 0.00 2.81 0
2,212 9.95 8.01 124
4,526 20.37 15.25 134
284 1.28 7.13 18
8,288 37.29 10.17 367