1990 Paisley North by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
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The 1990 Paisley North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 29 November 1990 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Paisley North, in the town of Paisley, Scotland.
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29 November 1990
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Constituency of Paisley North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 53.7%  19.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament for the constituency, Allen Adams.[1] The Scottish National Party saw a healthy increase in their share of the vote, but not enough to win, and the Labour Party retained the seat, with Adams' widow Irene being elected.
Result
| Paisley North by-election, 1990[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Irene Adams | 11,353 | 44.0 | −11.5 | |
| SNP | Roger Mullin | 7,583 | 29.4 | +16.5 | |
| Conservative | E Marwick | 3,835 | 14.8 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J Bannerman | 2,139 | 8.3 | −7.5 | |
| Green | David G. Mellor | 918 | 3.6 | New | |
| Majority | 3,770 | 14.6 | −24.9 | ||
| Turnout | 25,828 | 53.7 | −19.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.8 | |||
