1939 South Ayrshire by-election
The South Ayrshire by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 20 April 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of South Ayrshire in Scotland.
Previous MP[]
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Previous result[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Brown | 18,190 | 57.61 | ||
Unionist | James MacAndrew | 13,396 | 42.39 | ||
Majority | 4,804 | 18.22 | |||
Turnout | 31,576 | 78.03 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Candidates[]
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Result[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alexander Sloan | 17,908 | 57.97 | ||
Unionist | Catherine Gavin | 12,986 | 42.03 | ||
Majority | 4,922 | 15.94 | |||
Turnout | 30,894 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aftermath[]
In the 1945 general election,
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander Sloan | 21,235 | 61.3 | ||
Unionist | Robert Mathew | 13,382 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 7,853 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,617 | 75.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
Categories:
- 1939 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1939 in Scotland
- 1930s elections in Scotland
- Politics of Ayrshire
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies