Glasgow Scotstoun by-election, 1950
The Glasgow Scotstoun by-election of 25 October 1950 was held after the death of Conservative MP Sir Arthur Young.
The seat was very marginal, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950 by 239 votes[1] Labour again fielded W. Bargh, a Glasgow school teacher, who had narrowly failed to win the seat at the general election earlier in the year. The Conservative candidate was James Hutchison, who had been the MP for Glasgow Central from 1945 until the general election.[2]
Result of the previous general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Young | 19,294 | 46.54 | ||
Labour | W. Bargh | 19,055 | 45.96 | ||
Liberal | W. Ferguson | 2,023 | 4.88 | ||
Communist | Bob McIlhone | 1,088 | 2.62 | ||
Majority | 239 | 0.58 | – |
Result of the by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hutchison | 18,494 | 50.88 | +4.34 | |
Labour | W Bargh | 17,175 | 47.25 | +1.29 | |
Ind. Labour Party | David Gibson | 680 | 1.87 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,319 | 3.63 | +3.04 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Outcome
Reporting the result, The Glasgow Herald stated that the outcome of the election, an increased majority for the Conservatives, suggested that the Labour Party had lost ground in Scotland since the general election.[2] Bargh felt that the intervention by the ILP had cost him victory, a view that Gibson, the ILP candidate did not share.[2]
References
- ↑ PoliticsResources.net
- 1 2 3 "Unionists Retain Scotstoun". The Glasgow Herald. 26 October 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-12.