UK Polling History: Election of 25 March 1982 – Glasgow Hillhead
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| SDP | Conservative | Labour | SNP | Others | |
| Votes | 10,106 | 8,068 | 7,846 | 3,416 | 838 |
| Votes gained | – | -4,300 | -2,520 | +366 | – |
| Share of votes | 33.4% | 26.6% | 25.9% | 11.3% | 2.8% |
| Share of eligible voters | 25.5% | 20.4% | 19.8% | 8.6% | 2.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | – | -14.4% | -8.5% | +1.2% | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | – | -10.7% | -6.2% | +1.0% | – |
| Total votes: | 30,274 | |
| Electorate: | 39,626 | |
| Turnout: | 76.4% | |
| Outcome: | SDP gain from Conservative | |
| Swing: | 7.8% | SNP from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Conservative | Labour | SNP | Liberal | Alliance | Liberal Democrat |
SDP | Other | Others | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Conservative | Labour | SNP | Liberal | Alliance | Liberal Democrat |
SDP | Other | Others | ||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 6,728 | 15,148 | 6,484 | 10,322 | 691 | 0 | |||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 6,048 | 17,958 | 2,713 | 14,707 | 443 | 0 | |||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 9,638 | 13,692 | 2,203 | 14,856 | 627 | 0 | |||
| 25 March 1982 | By Election | 8,068 | 7,846 | 3,416 | 10,106 | 838 | ||||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 12,368 | 10,366 | 3,050 | 4,349 | 0 | ||||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 11,203 | 8,507 | 6,897 | 3,596 | 0 | ||||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 14,378 | 7,997 | 3,702 | 6,644 | 0 | ||||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 14,674 | 7,303 | 1,957 | 0 | |||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 15,899 | 9,384 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 16,993 | 9,572 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 20,094 | 9,317 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 20,106 | 9,648 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 24,654 | 13,359 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 23,181 | 12,920 | 2,072 | 0 | |||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 14,909 | 8,545 | 2,003 | 0 | |||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 18,367 | 8,566 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 21,279 | 7,539 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 17,395 | 10,065 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 14,572 | 6,957 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 9,757 | 5,059 | 4,331 | 0 | |||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 12,272 | 7,313 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 12,803 | 4,186 | 0 | ||||||