The Paisley South by-election, in Paisley, Scotland, was held on November 29, 1990. It was caused by the death of Norman Buchan, the sitting Member of Parliament for the Paisley South constituency.
As in the by-election in the neighbouring seat of Paisley North held three weeks before on November 8, 1990, the SNP saw a healthy increase in their share of the vote, but not enough to win, and the Labour Party retained the seat, with Gordon McMaster being their successful candidate.
Results
| Paisley South by-election, 1990 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon McMaster | 12,485 | 46.1 | −10.0 | |
| SNP | Iain Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | +13.5 | |
| Conservative | J Workman | 3,627 | 13.4 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A Reid | 2,660 | 9.8 | 5.3 | |
| Green | L Collie | 835 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 5,030 | 18.6 | |||
| Turnout | 27,062 | 55.0 | −20.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 | |||
See also
- Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
- Paisley South by-election, 1997
- Paisley North by-election, 1990
- Elections in Scotland
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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