East Renfrewshire by-election, 1940

East Renfrewshire by-election, 1940

The East Renfrewshire by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 May 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of East Renfrewshire in Scotland.

Previous MP

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), The Marquess of Cydesdale, had succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Hamilton. He had been East Renfrewshire's MP since winning the seat at a by-election in 1930.

Candidates

During World War II, unopposed by-elections were common, since the major parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by the other parties; contests occurred only when independent candidates or minor parties chose to stand.

The Unionist candidate in East Renfrewshire, Guy Lloyd, therefore did not face a Labour Party or Liberal candidate. However, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) did not support the electoral pact, and Annie Maxton (sister of ILP leader James Maxton) stood as an ILP candidate in the by-election.

Results

On a much-reduced turnout, the result was a massive victory for Lloyd, who won 80.7% of the votes. He remained East Renfrewshire's MP until he stepped down at the 1959 election.

Votes

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1935: East RenfrewshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = The Marquess of Cydesdale
votes = 35,121
percentage = 55.6
change = −3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = J. Barr
votes = 21,475
percentage = 34.0
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = W.O. Brown
votes = 6,593
percentage = 10.4
change = −3.5Election box majority
votes = 13,646
percentage = 21.5
change = −11.2Election box turnout
votes = 63,189
percentage = 75.9
change = −4.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
swing = −6.6

Election box begin
title=East Renfrewshire by-election, 9th May 1940Election box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Guy Lloyd
votes = 34,316
percentage = 80.7
change = +25.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = Annie Maxton
votes = 8,206
percentage = 19.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 26,110
percentage = 61.4
change = +39.8Election box turnout
votes = 42,522
percentage = 43.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election, 1945: East RenfrewshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
candidate = Guy Lloyd
votes = 42,310
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = D. McArthur
votes = 36,634
percentage = 46.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,676
percentage = +7.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 78,944
percentage = 67.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
swing =

ee also

* East Renfrewshire constituency
* East Renfrewshire
* East Renfrewshire by-election, 1926
* East Renfrewshire by-election, 1930
* List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)

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