1997 UK Parliamentary by-election
The previous UK Member of Parliament for Paisley South, Gordon McMaster, of the Labour Party; died on 28 July 1997.
The 1997 Paisley South by-election was held on 6 November 1997. It was a safe Labour seat, and despite a swing of 11% to the Scottish National Party; they did not win the constituency.
Result.
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px"|Party
! scope="col" style="width: 17em"|Candidate
! scope="col" style="width: 5em"|Votes
! scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"|%
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! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority
! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" | Swing
General Election result, 1997.
! colspan=6|General Election 1997: Paisley South
! colspan=2 style="width: 130px"|Party
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|±%
! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority
! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout
! style="text-align:right;" | Swing
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