1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election

1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election
26 October 1978
Constituency of Berwick and East Lothian
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate John Home Robertson Margaret Marshall Isobel Lindsay
Party Labour Conservative SNP
Popular vote 20,530 17,418 3,799
Percentage 47.4% 40.2% 8.8%
Swing 4.1% 2.6% 4.4%
MP before election

John Mackintosh
Labour

 Elected MP

John Home Robertson
Labour

The 1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election was a by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Berwick and East Lothian in Scotland on 26 October 1978. It was one of two UK parliamentary by-elections held on that day, and was won by the Labour Party candidate John Home Robertson.

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