Charles III William, Duke of Rothesay Swinney government The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP Kate Forbes MSP Sixth session Alison Johnstone MSP Angela Constance MSP Dorothy Bain KC The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections Local elections Referendums Starmer ministry The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP The 1989 Glasgow Central by-election, in the Glasgow Central constituency, was held on 15 June 1989.

For Glasgow Central, the SNP chose a close associate of their Govan victor Alex Neil.

The day after the election, The Glasgow Herald described the result as "the revenge" Labour sought for their by-election defeat in Govan 7 months earlier.

[1] The SNP blamed opinion polls in the latter stages of the election campaign which showed them trailing Labour, arguing these stalled their momentum.

[1] Winner Mike Watson argued that the result showed that "The SNP bandwagon is off the rails", although SNP spokesman Chris McLean denied that the result was a setback, pointing out that they had significantly increased their vote share.