Central Dunbartonshire, UK Parliamentary general election
At the most recent election (3 May 1979), Hugh McCartney (The Labour Party) won Central Dunbartonshire, with a majority of 12,003 votes.
- Area type
- constituency
- Within
- UK Parliamentary general election
- Elections recorded
- 3
- Recorded results
- 19
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCartney | The Labour Party | 20,515 | 51.9% | Yes |
| Nicholas Soames | Conservative Party | 8,512 | 21.5% | No |
| William Lindsay | Scottish National Party | 6,055 | 15.3% | No |
| Eleanor Elsie McCreadie | Liberal Democrats | 3,099 | 7.8% | No |
| Daniel McCafferty | Communist | 1,017 | 2.6% | No |
| Robert Darroch | Christian Democrat | 312 | 0.8% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCartney | The Labour Party | 15,837 | 40.2% | Yes |
| Alexander Cameron Wilson Aitken | Scottish National Party | 11,452 | 29.1% | No |
| Michael Hirst | Conservative Party | 6,792 | 17.2% | No |
| James Reid | Communist | 3,417 | 8.7% | No |
| James Edward Cameron | Liberal Democrats | 1,895 | 4.8% | No |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCartney | The Labour Party | 16,439 | 30.4% | Yes |
| Alexander Cameron Wilson Aitken | Scottish National Party | 11,452 | 21.2% | No |
| Michael Hirst | Conservative Party | 9,775 | 18.1% | No |
| James Reid | Communist | 5,928 | 11% | No |
| Andrew Welsh | Scottish National Party | 5,906 | 10.9% | No |
| Thomas Edmund Harvey | Liberal Democrats | 2,583 | 4.8% | No |
| James Edward Cameron | Liberal Democrats | 1,895 | 3.5% | No |
| Stephen John Hammond | Workers Revolutionary | 52 | 0.1% | No |