South Ayrshire by-election, 1939

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 Result

General Election, 14 November 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rt Hon James Brown 18,190
Conservative James Orr MacAndrew 13,396
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Result

Ayrshire South by-election, 1939
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alexander Sloan 17,908
Conservative Dr. Catherine Gavin 12,986
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election, 5 July 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alexander Sloan 21,235 61.3
Conservative Robert Mathew 13,382 38.7
Majority 7,853 22.7
Turnout 75.2
Labour hold Swing

References

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