| 词条 | 1973 Dundee East by-election |
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There was a by-election for Dundee East, in Scotland, on 1 March 1973. It was one of three UK parliamentary by-elections held on that day. It was caused by the appointment of George Thomson as a European commissioner. George Machin retained the seat for Labour, but only narrowly. There was a strong showing by the Scottish National Party, which prefigured their serious breakthrough at the Govan by-election later in the year, and the two general elections of 1974. Dundee's Lord Provost William Fitzgerald was chosen as the Conservative candidate by the Dundee Conservative and Unionist Association from a short leet of six.[1] During the campaign Fitzgerald pledged action to try to prevent the loss of 70 jobs at the local Robb Caledon shipyard.[2]The contest was viewed as three way fight, although the Conservatives and Labour claimed it was a contest between their candidates.[3] Fitzgerald's election was considered possible if his party's vote held and the SNP gained from Labour.[3] However, SNP canvassers reportedly thought they could win enough votes to repeat their surprise victory at Hamilton in 1967.[3] The Liberal candidate Nathaniel Gordon also hoped he could pull off a shock result, but this was widely doubted.[3] Nonetheless, Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe came to Dundee to campaign for Gordon.[2] There was some speculation that the Labour vote may be hurt by the fact that Machin was from Sheffield and an English candidate in a Scottish seat had angered some local Labour supporters.[3] Results{{Election box begin no clear ||title=Dundee East by-election, 1973[4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = George Machin |votes = 14,411 |percentage = 32.74 |change = -15.60 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish National Party |candidate = Gordon Wilson |votes = 13,270 |percentage = 30.15 |change = +21.22 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Fitzgerald |votes = 11,089 |percentage = 25.19 |change = -17.17 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Party |candidate = Nathaniel Gordon |votes = 3,653 |percentage = 8.30 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate| |party = Labour Party of Scotland |candidate = George MacLean |votes = 1,409 |percentage = 3.20 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = John S Thomson |votes = 182 |percentage = 0.41 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,141 |percentage = 2.59 |change = -3.39 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 44,014 |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} AftermathWhile Labour were reported to be relieved to hold the seat, it was noted that the result showed the SNP were still an electoral force.[5] Machin's victory speech was reportedly disrupted by 'the angry shouts of Scottish Nationalist supporters' and he faced 'chants of "Go back to Yorkshire" and "Go home, Englishman".[5] An editorial in The Glasgow Herald attributed part of the SNP's success to the issue of oil and opined that had a Public Accounts Committee report which was critical of some aspects of the Conservative Government's handling of oil policy been published earlier, the SNP might have won the seat.[6] Ultimately, Machin's success was short lived as Wilson built on his performance and captured the seat in the February general election the following year. He would hold it until 1987.[7] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Tory Choice for East Dundee|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19721130&id=tew9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=l0gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5220,5767482&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2016|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=30 November 1972}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=William|title=Dundee Tory gives pledge to yard men|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730227&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=15 May 2017|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=27 February 1973}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=William|title=East Dundee voters may upset form book|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2016|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=1 March 1973}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/73.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034602/http://by-elections.co.uk/73.html|title=1973 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-03-14|dead-url=yes|access-date=2015-09-17}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Warden|first1=John|title=Taverne Landslide. Labour Hold Dundee|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730302&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=8 May 2017|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=2 March 1973}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Labour Gloom|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=15 May 2017|work=The Glasgow Herald|issue=3 March 1973|page=8}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=MS 315 Gordon Wilson, MP for Dundee East and Chairman of the Scottish National Party|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=((text)=%27gordon%20wilson%27)|website=Archive Services Online Catalogue|publisher=University of Dundee|accessdate=8 May 2017}} See also
7 : 1973 elections in the United Kingdom|1973 in Scotland|March 1973 events in Europe|20th century in Dundee|History of Dundee|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dundee constituencies|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies |
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