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href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> held on 2 November 1933 for the UK <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</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=1933_Kilmarnock_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vacancy had arisen when Scotland's second most senior judge, the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_Clerk" title="Lord Justice Clerk">Lord Justice Clerk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Munro,_1st_Baron_Alness" title="Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness">Lord Alness</a>, retired. It was a long-standing convention that when a vacancy arose in this office (or in the most senior judicial office, that of <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> (head of the Scottish criminal justice system) of the day would be appointed to fill the vacancy. The Lord Advocate in 1933 was <a href="/wiki/Craigie_Mason_Aitchison,_Lord_Aitchison" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigie Mason Aitchison, Lord Aitchison">Sir Craigie Mason Aitchison, K.C., M.P.</a>, and so he was appointed to the bench, automatically resigning his seat. </p><p>Aitchison had been elected as a member of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">the Labour Party</a> in <a href="/wiki/1929_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1929 Kilmarnock by-election">a 1929 by-election</a> following the death of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Climie" title="Robert Climie">Robert Climie</a>. In 1931, the Labour Government had split, with a handful of Labour MPs, including Aitchison, following Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> into a coalition <a href="/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Government (United Kingdom)">National Government</a> with <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">the Conservatives</a>. These MPs were expelled from the Labour Party and called themselves <i>National Labour</i>. </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=1933_Kilmarnock_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Labour candidate was 37-year-old <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lindsay" title="Kenneth Lindsay">Kenneth Lindsay</a>, who had contested the <a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a> and <a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929 elections</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> candidate in English constituencies. </p><p>The parties in the <a href="/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Government (United Kingdom)">National Government</a> did not contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by other parties in the government, so the <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberals</a> did not field candidates. Prominent Scottish Unionist and cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician)" title="Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)">Walter Elliot</a> wrote a letter endorsing Lindsay and urging voters to support him.<sup id="cite_ref-GH26Oct1933Elliot_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GH26Oct1933Elliot-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also supported by <a href="/wiki/Ishbel_MacDonald" title="Ishbel MacDonald">Ishbel MacDonald</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a>, who addressed female voters and urged them to back him.<sup id="cite_ref-GH26Oct1933MacD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GH26Oct1933MacD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Labour Party candidate in Kilmarnock was Rev <a href="/wiki/James_Barr_(politician)" title="James Barr (politician)">James Barr</a>, hoping to regain the seat which Labour had won in 1929. </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Pollock_(politician)" title="John Pollock (politician)">John Pollock</a> stood for the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Independent Labour Party</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_MacEwen" title="Alexander MacEwen">Sir A. M. MacEwen</a> represented both the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Scotland" title="National Party of Scotland">National Party of Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Party" title="Scottish Party">Scottish Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-Herald_3Nov1933_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald_3Nov1933-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the two parties united the following year to form the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>). <a href="/wiki/James_Graham,_6th_Duke_of_Montrose" title="James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose">The Duke of Montrose</a>, one of the leaders of the Scottish Party, made a prominent speech in support of MacEwan in Kilmarnock during the campaign. During this speech he addressed the issue of the position of Scottish home rule in relation to the <a href="/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain#Irish_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish migration to Great Britain">Irish in Scotland</a> While he stated that he had "nothing but friendly feelings for the Irish", he added that when Ireland achieved Home Rule, "Scottish men and women were disenfranchised" and stated "as they did to us we should do to them and others."<sup id="cite_ref-GH26Oct1933Montrose_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GH26Oct1933Montrose-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=1933_Kilmarnock_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the Labour vote split three ways, the result was a victory for Lindsay, who was elected with less than 35% of the vote, one of the smallest vote shares ever for a by-election winner.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held the seat until the <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945 general election</a>, when he was elected as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">independent</a> MP for the <a href="/wiki/Combined_English_Universities_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Combined English Universities (UK Parliament constituency)">Combined English Universities</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=1933_Kilmarnock_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>Kilmarnock by-election, 2 November 1933 <sup id="cite_ref-Herald_3Nov1933_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herald_3Nov1933-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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:green; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lindsay" title="Kenneth Lindsay">Kenneth Lindsay</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,577 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−24.8 </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/James_Barr_(politician)" title="James Barr (politician)">James Barr</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,924 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #B22222; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Ind. Labour Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Pollock_(politician)" title="John Pollock (politician)">John Pollock</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,575 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−19.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #99CCFF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Party" title="Scottish Party">Scottish Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_MacEwen" title="Alexander MacEwen">Alexander MacEwen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,098 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</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">2,653 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.8 </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">36,174 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: green"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </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="Previous_election">Previous election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_Kilmarnock_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Previous election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election, October 1931</a>: Kilmarnock </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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><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:green; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Craigie_Mason_Aitchison,_Lord_Aitchison" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigie Mason Aitchison, Lord Aitchison">Craigie Aitchison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,803 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #B22222; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Ind. Labour Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Pollock </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,767 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.4 </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">7,036 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.6 </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">36,580 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: green"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </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=1933_Kilmarnock_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Kilmarnock_by-election" title="1946 Kilmarnock by-election">1946 Kilmarnock by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1931%E2%80%931950)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)">List of 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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/1932_Croydon_South_by-election" title="1932 Croydon South by-election">Croydon South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_New_Forest_and_Christchurch_by-election" title="1932 New Forest and Christchurch by-election">New Forest and Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Henley_by-election" title="1932 Henley by-election">Henley</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1932_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1932 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1932_Richmond-upon-Thames_by-election" title="1932 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election">Richmond-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Wakefield_by-election" title="1932 Wakefield by-election">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1932 Eastbourne by-election">Eastbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_St_Marylebone_by-election" title="1932 St Marylebone by-election">St Marylebone</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1932_Dulwich_by-election" title="1932 Dulwich by-election">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1932 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1932_Westminster_Abbey_by-election" title="1932 Westminster Abbey by-election">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_North_Cornwall_by-election" title="1932 North Cornwall by-election">North Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Wednesbury_by-election" title="1932 Wednesbury by-election">Wednesbury</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1932_Twickenham_by-election" title="1932 Twickenham by-election">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Cardiganshire_by-election" title="1932 Cardiganshire by-election">Cardiganshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1933</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/1933_Liverpool_Exchange_by-election" title="1933 Liverpool Exchange by-election">Liverpool Exchange</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1933_East_Fife_by-election" title="1933 East Fife by-election">East Fife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Rotherham_by-election" title="1933 Rotherham by-election">Rotherham</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1933_Ashford_by-election" title="1933 Ashford by-election">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Rhondda_East_by-election" title="1933 Rhondda East by-election">Rhondda East</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1933_Normanton_by-election" title="1933 Normanton by-election">Normanton</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1933_Hitchin_by-election" title="1933 Hitchin by-election">Hitchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Altrincham_by-election" title="1933 Altrincham by-election">Altrincham</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1933_Clay_Cross_by-election" title="1933 Clay Cross by-election">Clay Cross</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1933_Fulham_East_by-election" title="1933 Fulham East by-election">Fulham East</a></li> <li>November: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Skipton_by-election" title="1933 Skipton by-election">Skipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Manchester_Rusholme_by-election" title="1933 Manchester Rusholme by-election">Manchester Rusholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Rutland_and_Stamford_by-election" title="1933 Rutland and Stamford by-election">Rutland and Stamford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Harborough_by-election" title="1933 Harborough by-election">Harborough</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1933_Wentworth_by-election" title="1933 Wentworth by-election">Wentworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1934</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/1934_Cambridge_by-election" title="1934 Cambridge by-election">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Lowestoft_by-election" title="1934 Lowestoft by-election">Lowestoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Portsmouth_North_by-election" title="1934 Portsmouth North by-election">Portsmouth North</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1934_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1934_Basingstoke_by-election" title="1934 Basingstoke by-election">Basingstoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Hammersmith_North_by-election" title="1934 Hammersmith North by-election">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1934_Upton_by-election" title="1934 Upton by-election">Upton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Hemsworth_by-election" title="1934 Hemsworth by-election">Hemsworth</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1934_Merthyr_by-election" title="1934 Merthyr by-election">Merthyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Monmouth_by-election" title="1934 Monmouth by-election">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Twickenham_by-election" title="1934 Twickenham by-election">Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Weston-super-Mare_by-election" title="1934 Weston-super-Mare by-election">Weston-super-Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Fermanagh_and_Tyrone_by-election" title="1934 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election">Fermanagh and Tyrone</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1934_Rushcliffe_by-election" title="1934 Rushcliffe by-election">Rushcliffe</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1934_Lambeth_North_by-election" title="1934 Lambeth North by-election">Lambeth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Swindon_by-election" title="1934 Swindon by-election">Swindon</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1934_Putney_by-election" title="1934 Putney 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by-election">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1935 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1935_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_City_of_London_by-election" title="1935 City of London by-election">City of London</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1935_Liverpool_West_Derby_by-election" title="1935 Liverpool West Derby by-election">Liverpool West Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Liverpool_West_Toxteth_by-election" title="1935 Liverpool West Toxteth by-election">Liverpool West Toxteth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Sevenoaks_by-election" title="1935 Sevenoaks by-election">Sevenoaks</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1935_Dumfriesshire_by-election" title="1935 Dumfriesshire by-election">Dumfriesshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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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 United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)">1931–1950</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1950%E2%80%931979)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979)">1950–1979</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1979%E2%80%932010)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010)">1979–2010</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(2010%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present)">2010–present</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland#Westminster_by-elections" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_House_of_Lords" title="By-elections to the House of Lords">Hereditary peers</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="«_1868–1899_«_By-elections_in_Scotland_to_the_House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom_1900–1949_»_1950–present_»" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/1946_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">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)" 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 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