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class="infobox-header"><hr />Constituency of <a href="/wiki/Combined_Scottish_Universities_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)">Combined Scottish Universities</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">50.7% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.9%)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #5555FF;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Elliott_MP_(3x4_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/120px-Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg/240px-Walter_Elliott_MP_%283x4_crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="411" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E4003B;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#E4003B; font-size:35px;"> <b>Lab</b></span></div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFD700;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#FFD700; font-size:35px;"> <b>Lib</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician)" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)">Walter Elliot</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/C._E._M._Joad" title="C. E. M. Joad">C. E. M. Joad</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Bannerman,_Baron_Bannerman_of_Kildonan" title="John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan">John Bannerman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>22,152</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,731 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,593 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>68.2%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DCDCDC;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#DCDCDC; -webkit-text-stroke: 0.50px #000000; font-size:35px;"><b>Ind.</b></span></div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #AFEEEE;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#AFEEEE; font-size:35px;"> <b>LNP</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">J. G. Jameson </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">R. S. Stevenson </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,080 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,938 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.9% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>MP before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Boyd_Orr" title="John Boyd Orr">John Boyd Orr</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent MP</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician)" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)">Walter Elliot</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>The <b>1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</b> was a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> held from 22 to 27 November 1946 for the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Scottish_Universities_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)">Combined Scottish Universities</a>, a <a href="/wiki/University_constituency" title="University constituency">university constituency</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a>. </p><p>It was the last election for a university constituency of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a>; the Combined Scottish Universities was abolished along with the other university seats for the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vacancy">Vacancy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The seat had become vacant on 16 October 1946 when the <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">independent</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) <a href="/wiki/John_Boyd_Orr,_1st_Baron_Boyd-Orr" class="mw-redirect" title="John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr">Sir John Boyd Orr</a> had <a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="Resignation from the British House of Commons">resigned</a> by the procedural device of accepting the post of <a href="/wiki/Steward_and_Bailiff_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds" class="mw-redirect" title="Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds">Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds</a>, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons. After his resignation, Boyd took up the position of Director-General of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a>. He had held the seat he was first elected at a <a href="/wiki/1945_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">by-election in 1945</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five candidates contested the by-election, none of whom had stood in 1945. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> candidate was <a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_Unionist_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish Unionist MP)">Walter Elliot</a>, who had been MP for <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvingrove_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvingrove</a> for more than 20 years, until his narrow defeat at the <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945 general election</a>. He had been <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a> from 1936 to 1938. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> candidate was the philosopher and broadcaster <a href="/wiki/C._E._M._Joad" title="C. E. M. Joad">C. E. M. Joad</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> fielded J. M. Bannerman, who had contested <a href="/wiki/Argyll_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Argyll (UK Parliament constituency)">Argyll</a> in 1945, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberals</a> nominated Dr R. S. Stevenson, who had stood in <a href="/wiki/West_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">West Fife</a> in 1945. </p><p>The fifth candidate was J. G. Jameson, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Union" title="Federal Union">Federal Union</a> who stood as an advocate of the policies of the Federal Union, although the union did not endorse his candidacy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The result was a clear victory for the Unionist candidate, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_Unionist_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish Unionist MP)">Walter Elliot</a>, who won over 68% of the votes, and a majority of more than 50% over the second-placed Labour candidate. Elliot held the seat until the university constituencies were abolished for the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Votes">Votes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 22-27 November 1946<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#5555FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_Unionist_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish Unionist MP)">Walter Elliot</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,152 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+64.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/C._E._M._Joad" title="C. E. M. Joad">C. E. M. Joad</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,731 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Bannerman,_Baron_Bannerman_of_Kildonan" title="John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan">John Bannerman</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,593 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">J. G. Jameson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,080 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #AFEEEE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">R. S. Stevenson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,938 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,421 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #5555FF"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Government (United Kingdom)">National</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Scottish_Universities_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)">Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election</a></li> 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105224145/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/46.html">"1946 By Election Results"</a>. 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Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X"><bdi>0-900178-06-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+parliamentary+election+results+1918-1949&rft.place=Chichester&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Parliamentary+Research+Services&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-900178-06-X&rft.aulast=Craig&rft.aufirst=F.+W.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1946+Combined+Scottish+Universities+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm">Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs </a></li> <li>Tony Judge, Radio Philosopher - The Radical Life of Cyril Joad (Charleston SC Alphahouse Books 2012)) <link 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Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Heywood_and_Radcliffe_by-election" title="1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election">Heywood and Radcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Hemsworth_by-election" title="1946 Hemsworth by-election">Hemsworth</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1946_Combined_English_Universities_by-election" title="1946 Combined English Universities by-election">Combined English Universities</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1946_Ogmore_by-election" title="1946 Ogmore by-election">Ogmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Down_by-election" title="1946 Down by-election">Down</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1946_Bexley_by-election" title="1946 Bexley by-election">Bexley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Pontypool_by-election" title="1946 Pontypool by-election">Pontypool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Battersea_North_by-election" title="1946 Battersea North by-election">Battersea North</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1946_Glasgow_Bridgeton_by-election" title="1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election">Glasgow Bridgeton</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1946_Rotherhithe_by-election" title="1946 Rotherhithe by-election">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Paddington_North_by-election" title="1946 Paddington North by-election">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1946 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1946_Aberdare_by-election" title="1946 Aberdare by-election">Aberdare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1946 Kilmarnock by-election">Kilmarnock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1947</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/1947_Normanton_by-election" title="1947 Normanton by-election">Normanton</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1947_Jarrow_by-election" title="1947 Jarrow by-election">Jarrow</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1947_Liverpool_Edge_Hill_by-election" title="1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election">Liverpool Edge Hill</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1947_Islington_West_by-election" title="1947 Islington West by-election">Islington West</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1947_Gravesend_by-election" title="1947 Gravesend by-election">Gravesend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1947 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Howdenshire_by-election" title="1947 Howdenshire by-election">Howdenshire</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1947_Epsom_by-election" title="1947 Epsom by-election">Epsom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1948</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1948_Glasgow_Camlachie_by-election" title="1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election">Glasgow Camlachie</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1948_Paisley_by-election" title="1948 Paisley by-election">Paisley</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1948_Wigan_by-election" title="1948 Wigan by-election">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Armagh_by-election" title="1948 Armagh by-election">Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Croydon_North_by-election" title="1948 Croydon North by-election">Croydon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Brigg_by-election" title="1948 Brigg by-election">Brigg</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1948_Southwark_Central_by-election" title="1948 Southwark Central by-election">Southwark Central</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1948_Glasgow_Gorbals_by-election" title="1948 Glasgow Gorbals by-election">Glasgow Gorbals</a></li> <li>October: <a 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title="1949 Sowerby by-election">Sowerby</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1949_Leeds_West_by-election" title="1949 Leeds West by-election">Leeds West</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1949_Bradford_South_by-election" title="1949 Bradford South by-election">Bradford South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Lists of UK by-elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1801%E2%80%931806)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)">1801–1806</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1806%E2%80%931818)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–1818)">1806–1818</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1818%E2%80%931832)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1818–1832)">1818–1832</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1832%E2%80%931847)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1832–1847)">1832–1847</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1847%E2%80%931857)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1847–1857)">1847–1857</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1857%E2%80%931868)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–1868)">1857–1868</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1868%E2%80%931885)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885)">1868–1885</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1885%E2%80%931900)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900)">1885–1900</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1900%E2%80%931918)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918)">1900–1918</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1918%E2%80%931931)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)">1918–1931</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1931%E2%80%931950)" title="List of 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href="/wiki/1902_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1902 Orkney and Shetland by-election">Orkney and Shetland</a></li> <li>February 1903: <a href="/wiki/1903_East_Perthshire_by-election" title="1903 East Perthshire by-election">East Perthshire</a></li> <li>August 1903: <a href="/wiki/1903_Argyllshire_by-election" title="1903 Argyllshire by-election">Argyllshire</a></li> <li>September 1903: <a href="/wiki/1903_St_Andrews_Burghs_by-election" title="1903 St Andrews Burghs by-election">St Andrews Burghs</a></li> <li>January 1904: <a href="/wiki/1904_Ayr_Burghs_by-election" title="1904 Ayr Burghs by-election">Ayr Burghs</a></li> <li>August 1904: <a href="/wiki/1904_North_East_Lanarkshire_by-election" title="1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election">North East Lanarkshire</a></li> <li>March 1905: <a href="/wiki/1905_Buteshire_by-election" title="1905 Buteshire by-election">Buteshire</a></li> <li>September 1905: <a href="/wiki/1905_Elgin_Burghs_by-election" title="1905 Elgin Burghs by-election">Elgin Burghs</a></li> <li>February 1906: <a href="/wiki/1906_East_Aberdeenshire_by-election" title="1906 East Aberdeenshire by-election">East Aberdeenshire</a></li> <li>February 1907: <a href="/wiki/1907_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1907 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Banffshire_by-election" title="1907 Banffshire by-election">Banffshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Perth_by-election" title="1907 Perth by-election">Perth</a></li> <li>April 1908: <a href="/wiki/1908_Kincardineshire_by-election" title="1908 Kincardineshire by-election">Kincardineshire</a></li> <li>May 1908: <a href="/wiki/1908_Dundee_by-election" title="1908 Dundee by-election">Dundee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Stirling_Burghs_by-election" title="1908 Stirling Burghs by-election">Stirling Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1908 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li>February 1909: <a href="/wiki/1909_Forfarshire_by-election" title="1909 Forfarshire by-election">Forfarshire</a></li> <li>March 1909: <a href="/wiki/1909_Glasgow_Central_by-election" title="1909 Glasgow Central by-election">Glasgow Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Hawick_Burghs_by-election" title="1909 Hawick Burghs by-election">Hawick Burghs</a></li> <li>April 1909: <a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li>May 1909: <a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_West_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh West by-election">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li>July 1909: <a href="/wiki/1909_Dumfries_Burghs_by-election" title="1909 Dumfries Burghs by-election">Dumfries Burghs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>April 1910: <a href="/wiki/1910_Govan_by-election" title="1910 Govan by-election">Govan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1910 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li>March 1911: <a href="/wiki/1911_North_East_Lanarkshire_by-election" title="1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election">North East Lanarkshire</a></li> <li>June 1911: <a href="/wiki/1911_Ross_and_Cromarty_by-election" title="1911 Ross and Cromarty by-election">Ross and Cromarty</a></li> <li>July 1911: <a href="/wiki/1911_Glasgow_Tradeston_by-election" title="1911 Glasgow Tradeston by-election">Glasgow Tradeston</a></li> <li>September 1911: <a href="/wiki/1911_Kilmarnock_Burghs_by-election" title="1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election">Kilmarnock Burghs</a></li> <li>December 1911: <a href="/wiki/1911_North_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1911 North Ayrshire by-election">North Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Govan_by-election" title="1911 Govan by-election">Govan</a></li> <li>February 1912: <a href="/wiki/1912_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1912 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Glasgow_St_Rollox_by-election" title="1912 Glasgow St Rollox by-election">Glasgow St Rollox</a></li> <li>September 1912: <a href="/wiki/1912_Midlothian_by-election" title="1912 Midlothian by-election">Midlothian</a></li> <li>November 1913: <a href="/wiki/1913_Linlithgowshire_by-election" title="1913 Linlithgowshire by-election">Linlithgowshire</a></li> <li>December 1913: <a href="/wiki/1913_Wick_Burghs_by-election" title="1913 Wick Burghs by-election">Wick Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_South_Lanarkshire_by-election" title="1913 South Lanarkshire by-election">South Lanarkshire</a></li> <li>February 1914: <a href="/wiki/1914_Leith_Burghs_by-election" title="1914 Leith Burghs by-election">Leith Burghs</a></li> <li>April 1914: <a href="/wiki/1914_East_Fife_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 East Fife by-election">East Fife</a></li> <li>February 1915: <a href="/wiki/1915_Wigtownshire_by-election" title="1915 Wigtownshire by-election">Wigtownshire</a></li> <li>May 1915: <a href="/wiki/1915_Kilmarnock_Burghs_by-election" title="1915 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election">Kilmarnock Burghs</a></li> <li>July 1916: <a href="/wiki/1916_Berwickshire_by-election" title="1916 Berwickshire by-election">Berwickshire</a></li> <li>October 1916: <a href="/wiki/1916_North_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1916 North Ayrshire by-election">North Ayrshire</a></li> <li>December 1916: <a href="/wiki/1916_Edinburgh_and_St_Andrews_Universities_by-election" title="1916 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election">Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities</a></li> <li>January 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_Inverness-shire_by-election" title="1917 Inverness-shire by-election">Inverness-shire</a></li> <li>February 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_West_Perthshire_by-election" title="1917 West Perthshire by-election">West Perthshire</a></li> <li>April 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1917 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li>May 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1917 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li>July 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_Dundee_by-election" title="1917 Dundee by-election">Dundee</a></li> <li>August 1917: <a href="/wiki/1917_Edinburgh_and_St_Andrews_Universities_by-election" title="1917 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election">Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities</a></li> <li>May 1918: <a href="/wiki/1918_Elgin_Burghs_by-election" title="1918 Elgin Burghs by-election">Elgin Burghs</a></li> <li>April 1919: <a href="/wiki/1919_Aberdeenshire_and_Kincardineshire_Central_by-election" title="1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election">Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February 1920: <a href="/wiki/1920_Paisley_by-election" title="1920 Paisley by-election">Paisley</a></li> <li>March 1920: <a href="/wiki/1920_Argyll_by-election" title="1920 Argyll by-election">Argyll</a></li> <li>April 1920: <a href="/wiki/1920_Edinburgh_North_by-election" title="1920 Edinburgh North by-election">Edinburgh North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1920 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li>March 1921: <a href="/wiki/1921_Kirkcaldy_Burghs_by-election" title="1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election">Kirkcaldy Burghs</a></li> <li>April 1921: <a href="/wiki/1921_Glasgow_Pollok_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 Glasgow Pollok by-election">Glasgow Pollok</a></li> <li>May 1921: <a href="/wiki/1921_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1921 Orkney and Shetland by-election">Orkney and Shetland</a></li> <li>March 1922: <a href="/wiki/1922_Inverness_by-election" title="1922 Inverness by-election">Inverness</a></li> <li>June 1922: <a href="/wiki/1922_Moray_and_Nairn_by-election" title="1922 Moray and Nairn by-election">Moray and Nairn</a></li> <li>May 1924: <a href="/wiki/1924_Glasgow_Kelvingrove_by-election" title="1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election">Glasgow Kelvingrove</a></li> <li>December 1924: <a href="/wiki/1924_Dundee_by-election" title="1924 Dundee by-election">Dundee</a></li> <li>June 1925: <a href="/wiki/1925_Ayr_Burghs_by-election" title="1925 Ayr Burghs by-election">Ayr Burghs</a></li> <li>November 1925: <a href="/wiki/1925_Galloway_by-election" title="1925 Galloway by-election">Galloway</a></li> <li>January 1926: <a href="/wiki/1926_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1926 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_East_Renfrewshire_by-election" title="1926 East Renfrewshire by-election">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li>March 1927: <a href="/wiki/1927_Leith_by-election" title="1927 Leith by-election">Leith</a></li> <li>April 1927: <a href="/wiki/1927_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>April 1928: <a href="/wiki/1928_Linlithgowshire_by-election" title="1928 Linlithgowshire by-election">Linlithgowshire</a></li> <li>August 1928: <a href="/wiki/1928_Aberdeen_North_by-election" title="1928 Aberdeen North by-election">Aberdeen North</a></li> <li>January 1929: <a href="/wiki/1929_Midlothian_and_Peebles_Northern_by-election" title="1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election">Midlothian and Peebles Northern</a></li> <li>September 1929: <a href="/wiki/1929_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1929 Kilmarnock by-election">Kilmarnock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>June 1930: <a href="/wiki/1930_Glasgow_Shettleston_by-election" title="1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election">Glasgow Shettleston</a></li> <li>November 1930: <a href="/wiki/1930_East_Renfrewshire_by-election" title="1930 East Renfrewshire by-election">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li>May 1931: <a href="/wiki/1931_Glasgow_St_Rollox_by-election" title="1931 Glasgow St Rollox by-election">Glasgow St Rollox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Rutherglen_by-election" title="1931 Rutherglen by-election">Rutherglen</a></li> <li>March 1932: <a href="/wiki/1932_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1932 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li>June 1932: <a href="/wiki/1932_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1932 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li>February 1933: <a href="/wiki/1933_East_Fife_by-election" title="1933 East Fife by-election">East Fife</a></li> <li>November 1933: <a href="/wiki/1933_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1933 Kilmarnock by-election">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li>March 1934: <a href="/wiki/1934_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>April 1935: <a href="/wiki/1935_Perth_by-election" title="1935 Perth by-election">Perth</a></li> <li>May 1935: <a href="/wiki/1935_Edinburgh_West_by-election" title="1935 Edinburgh West by-election">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1935 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li>June 1935: <a href="/wiki/1935_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>September 1935: <a href="/wiki/1935_Dumfriesshire_by-election" title="1935 Dumfriesshire by-election">Dumfriesshire</a></li> <li>January 1936: <a href="/wiki/1936_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>February 1936: <a href="/wiki/1936_Ross_and_Cromarty_by-election" title="1936 Ross and Cromarty by-election">Ross and Cromarty</a></li> <li>March 1936: <a href="/wiki/1936_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1936 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li>November 1937: <a href="/wiki/1936_Greenock_by-election" title="1936 Greenock by-election">Greenock</a></li> <li>June 1937: <a href="/wiki/1937_Glasgow_Hillhead_by-election" title="1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-election">Glasgow Hillhead</a></li> <li>September 1937: <a href="/wiki/1937_Glasgow_Springburn_by-election" title="1937 Glasgow Springburn by-election">Glasgow Springburn</a></li> <li>February 1938: <a href="/wiki/1938_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>December 1938: <a href="/wiki/1938_Kinross_and_Western_Perthshire_by-election" title="1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election">Kinross and Western Perthshire</a></li> <li>March 1939: <a href="/wiki/1939_Kincardineshire_and_Western_Aberdeenshire_by-election" title="1939 Kincardineshire and Western Aberdeenshire by-election">Kincardineshire and Western Aberdeenshire</a></li> <li>April 1939: <a href="/wiki/1939_South_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1939 South Ayrshire by-election">South Ayrshire</a></li> <li>October 1939: <a href="/wiki/1939_Clackmannanshire_and_East_Stirlingshire_by-election" title="1939 Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire by-election">Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>April 1940: <a href="/wiki/1940_Argyllshire_by-election" title="1940 Argyllshire by-election">Argyllshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Glasgow_Pollok_by-election" title="1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election">Glasgow Pollok</a></li> <li>May 1940: <a href="/wiki/1940_East_Renfrewshire_by-election" title="1940 East Renfrewshire by-election">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li>July 1940: <a href="/wiki/1940_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1940 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li>February 1941: <a href="/wiki/1941_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1941 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li>July 1941: <a href="/wiki/1941_Greenock_by-election" title="1941 Greenock by-election">Greenock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Edinburgh_West_by-election" title="1941 Edinburgh West by-election">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li>December 1941: <a href="/wiki/1941_Edinburgh_Central_by-election" title="1941 Edinburgh Central by-election">Edinburgh Central</a></li> <li>April 1942: <a href="/wiki/1942_Glasgow_Cathcart_by-election" title="1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election">Glasgow Cathcart</a></li> <li>January 1943: <a href="/wiki/1943_Hamilton_by-election" title="1943 Hamilton by-election">Hamilton</a></li> <li>February 1943: <a href="/wiki/1943_Midlothian_and_Peebles_Northern_by-election" title="1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election">Midlothian and Peebles Northern</a></li> <li>February 1944: <a href="/wiki/1944_Kirkcaldy_Burghs_by-election" title="1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election">Kirkcaldy Burghs</a></li> <li>April 1945: <a href="/wiki/1945_Motherwell_by-election" title="1945 Motherwell by-election">Motherwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>October 1945: <a href="/wiki/1945_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1945 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li>February 1946: <a href="/wiki/1946_South_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1946 South Ayrshire by-election">South Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Glasgow_Cathcart_by-election" title="1946 Glasgow Cathcart by-election">Glasgow Cathcart</a></li> <li>August 1946: <a href="/wiki/1946_Glasgow_Bridgeton_by-election" title="1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election">Glasgow Bridgeton</a></li> <li>November 1946: <a href="/wiki/1946_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1946 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>December 1946: <a href="/wiki/1946_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1946 Kilmarnock by-election">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li>November 1947: <a href="/wiki/1947_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1947 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li>January 1948: <a href="/wiki/1948_Glasgow_Camlachie_by-election" title="1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election">Glasgow Camlachie</a></li> <li>February 1948: <a href="/wiki/1948_Paisley_by-election" title="1948 Paisley by-election">Paisley</a></li> <li>September 1948: <a href="/wiki/1948_Glasgow_Gorbals_by-election" title="1948 Glasgow Gorbals by-election">Glasgow Gorbals</a></li> <li>October 1948: <a href="/wiki/1948_Stirling_and_Falkirk_by-election" title="1948 Stirling and Falkirk by-election">Stirling and Falkirk</a></li> <li>November 1948: <a href="/wiki/1948_Glasgow_Hillhead_by-election" title="1948 Glasgow Hillhead by-election">Glasgow Hillhead</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Lists of UK by-elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1801%E2%80%931806)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)">1801–1806</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1806%E2%80%931818)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–1818)">1806–1818</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1818%E2%80%931832)" 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