1941 Dunbartonshire by-election
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The Dunbartonshire by-election of 1941 was held on 27 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the appointment as sheriff substitute of the incumbent Labour MP, Thomas Cassells. It was won by the Labour candidate Adam McKinlay.[1]
Because of the wartime truce his only opponent was a Communist, who had a relatively strong vote, although the constituency did include the Vale of Leven, a "little Moscow". It took place before the Soviet Union entered the war when the Communist Party changed its line.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adam McKinlay | 21,900 | 85.0 | ||
Communist | Malcolm MacEwen | 3,862 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 18,038 | 70.0 | |||
Turnout | 25,762 | 38.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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