1939 South Ayrshire by-election

The 1939 South Ayrshire by-election 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 MP

Previous result

General election, 14 November 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Brown 18,190 57.61
Unionist James MacAndrew 13,396 42.39
Majority 4,804 18.22
Turnout 31,576 78.03
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Candidates

Result

By-election 1939: Ayrshire South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Sloan 17,908 57.97
Unionist Catherine Gavin 12,986 42.03
Majority 4,922 15.94
Turnout 30,894
Labour hold Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election, the result was:

General election, 5 July 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Sloan 21,235 61.3 +3.7
Unionist Robert Mathew 13,382 38.7 -3.7
Majority 7,853 22.6 7.5
Turnout 34,617 75.2 -2.8
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
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