1928 Aberdeen North by-election
The Aberdeen North by-election of 1928 was held on 16 August 1928. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Frank Herbert Rose. It was won by the Labour candidate William Wedgwood Benn.[1][2] The by-election was one of the first British elections where a Communist candidate stood against Labour since Comintern had abandoned its policy of entryism, with the candidacy of Aitken Ferguson, a member of the local Trades Council,[3] who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Wedgwood Benn | 10,646 | 52.5 | ||
Unionist | Laura Sandeman | 4,696 | 23.1 | ||
Communist | Aitken Ferguson | 2,618 | 12.9 | New | |
Liberal | James Rankin Rutherford | 2,337 | 11.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,950 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,297 | 56.8 | -7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "North Aberdeen result". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781862321083. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ The Times, 18 August 1928
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