Paisley by-election, 1948

Paisley by-election, 1948

The Paisley by-election, 1948 was a parliamentary by-election held on 18 February 1948 for the British House of Commons constituency of Paisley in Scotland.

The election was a straight fight between Douglas Harold Johnston for Labour and J McCormick of the Scottish National Party with Johnston emerging the winner by 6,545 votes.

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/48.html#paisley]


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