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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rt Hon James Brown | 18,190 | |||
Conservative | James Orr MacAndrew | 13,396 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Result
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,
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
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
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