| Election Name: | 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Seats For Election: | Glasgow Pollok constituency |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1966 United Kingdom general election |
| Previous Year: | 1966 |
| Next Election: | 1970 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
| Election Date: | 9 March 1967 |
| Candidate1: | Esmond Wright |
| Party1: | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,270 |
| Percentage1: | 36.9% |
| Swing1: | 10.6% |
| Candidate2: | Dick Douglas |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,069 |
| Percentage2: | 31.2% |
| Swing2: | 21.2% |
| Candidate3: | George Leslie |
| Party3: | Scottish National Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,884 |
| Percentage3: | 28.2% |
| Swing3: | New |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| MP | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
| Before Election: | Alex Garrow |
| Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
| After Election: | Esmond Wright |
| After Party: | Scottish Conservative Party |
The Glasgow Pollok by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Alex Garrow:[1]
The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by under 2,000 votes.[2]
Both main parties lost votes compared with the previous general election due to the good showing of the SNP, who recorded what was then their best result in a Glasgow constituency. However, as the Conservatives had predicted, the SNP drew more votes from Labour, allowing Wright to gain the seat with a majority of 2,201.[3] It was the first time the Conservatives had gained a seat in Scotland since the 1959 general election and the party's first by-election gain since the Glasgow Camlachie by-election in 1948.[3] The Glasgow Herald suggested that the result would be claimed as a turning point by the Conservatives in Scotland, while Labour would have to eat "a lot of campaign words", having predicted that they would have an increased majority and that the SNP would lose their deposit.[3] Having almost pushed Labour into third place the result was described by the same newspaper as a "triumph" for the SNP, who had not previously contested the constituency, while the poor showing by the Liberals was labelled "a disaster".[3]