South Ayrshire by-election, 1946
The South Ayrshire by-election of 1946 was held on 7 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alexander Sloan. It was won by the Labour candidate Emrys Hughes.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emrys Hughes | 20,434 | 60.43 | -0.91 | |
Unionist | Robert Mathew | 13,382 | 39.57 | +0.91 | |
Majority | 7,052 | 20.86 | -1.83 | ||
Turnout | 33,816 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
- ↑ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ↑ Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office, The Yearbook for Scotland (1967), p.86
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