UK Polling History: Election of 13 April 1978 – Glasgow Garscadden
Result summary
| Parties | ||||||
| Labour | SNP | Conservative | Independent Labour |
Communist | Others | |
| Votes | 16,507 | 11,955 | 6,746 | 583 | 407 | 166 |
| Votes gained | -3,230 | -145 | +1,742 | – | – | – |
| Share of votes | 45.4% | 32.9% | 18.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 28.7% | 20.8% | 11.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | -5.5% | +1.7% | +5.6% | – | – | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -7.4% | -1.4% | +2.6% | – | – | – |
| Total votes: | 36,364 | |
| Electorate: | 57,603 | |
| Turnout: | 63.1% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 5.6% | Conservative from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||||
| Labour | SNP | Conservative | Alliance | Liberal | Liberal Democrat |
Other | Independent Labour |
Communist | Others | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||||
| Labour | SNP | Conservative | Alliance | Liberal | Liberal Democrat |
Other | Independent Labour |
Communist | Others | ||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 18,920 | 5,580 | 3,385 | 1,425 | 61 | 0 | ||||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 23,178 | 4,201 | 3,660 | 3,211 | 0 | |||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 19,635 | 3,566 | 5,368 | 6,161 | 218 | 0 | ||||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 23,591 | 6,012 | 8,393 | 374 | 0 | |||||
| 13 April 1978 | By Election | 16,507 | 11,955 | 6,746 | 583 | 407 | 166 | ||||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 19,737 | 12,100 | 5,004 | 1,915 | 0 | |||||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 21,035 | 8,789 | 9,771 | 635 | 0 | |||||