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Revision as of 16:43, 8 June 2019
The Glasgow St Rollox by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Previous result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | McKinnon Wood | 9,291 | 55.8 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Robert Chamberlayne | 7,374 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | 11.6 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Candidates
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Campaign
The British Socialist Party who were unable to organise themselves a candidate to contest the election, decided nevertheless to campaign in the constituency. They issued a leaflet and toured the various works, lecturing the voters. They were critical of the electoral alliance between the Liberal and Labour parties and called on the electors to vote for the Unionist Party candidate.[1]
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | McKinnon Wood | 8,530 | 51.4 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Frederick Alexander Macquisten | 8,061 | 48.6 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 2.8 | −8.8 | |||
Turnout | 16,591 | 84.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Aftermath
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | McKinnon Wood | ||||
Unionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | 10,844 | ||||
Labour | James Stewart | 6,147 | |||
Liberal | McKinnon Wood | 1,521 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Murray was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.
References
- ^ John MacLean's Scottish Notes, Justice, 24 February 1912, page 2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com
- Debrett's House of Commons 1916