East Renfrewshire by-election, 1930
The East Renfrewshire by-election, 1930 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 November 1930 for the British House of Commons constituency of East Renfrewshire in Scotland.
Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), Alexander Munro MacRobert, had died on 18 October 1930, aged 57. He had been East Renfrewshire's MP since winning the seat from Labour at the 1924 general election.
Candidates
The Unionist candidate was The Marquess of Clydesdale, eldest son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton.
The Independent Labour Party candidate was T. Irwin, and Oliver Brown stood for the National Party of Scotland.
The Liberal Party did not field a candidate; it had last contested the seat in 1923, finishing a poor third.
Results
On a slightly-reduced turnout, the result was a victory for The Marquess of Clydesdale, who won 52% of the votes. He was re-elected at the next two general elections, remaining East Renfrewshire's MP until he succeeded to the Dukedom in 1940, triggering another by-election.
Votes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | The Marquess of Cydesdale | 19,753 | 53.6 | +1.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | T. Irwin | 12,293 | 33.3 | N/A | |
National (Scotland) | Oliver Brown | 4,818 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,460 | 20.3 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 69.0 | −17.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 18,487 | 52.2 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Rev. J. M. Munro | 16,924 | 47.8 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 13,646 | 21.5 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 63,189 | 75.9 | −4.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.6 |
References
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
See also
- Use dmy dates from September 2013
- Use British English from September 2013
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter
- 1930 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1930 in Scotland
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies
- East Renfrewshire
- Politics of Renfrewshire
- Politics of East Renfrewshire