Kilmarnock by-election, 1933

Kilmarnock by-election, 1933

The Kilmarnock by-election, 1933 was a by-election held on 2 November 1933 for the British House of Commons constituency of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.

Vacancy

The vacancy had arisen when the National Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Craigie Aitchison had resigned his seat when he was appointed Lord Justice Clerk. Aitchison had held the seat since he was elected as a Labour Party candidate at a by-election in 1929.

Candidates

The National Labour candidate was 37-year-old Kenneth Lindsay, who had contested the 1924 and 1929 elections as a Labour Party candidate in English constituencies.

The parties in the National Government did not contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by other paties in the government, so the Unionist Party and the National Liberals did not field candidates.

The Labour Party candidate in Kilmarnock was Rev J. Barr, hoping to regain the seat which Labour had won in 1929.

J. Pollock stood for the Independent Labour Party, and Sir A. M. MacEwain represented both the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party (the two parties united the following year to form the Scottish National Party).

Result

With the Labour vote split thee ways, the result was a victory for Lindsay, who was elected with less than 35% of the votes, one of the smallest votes vote shares ever for a by-election winner. [See United Kingdom by-election records] He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he was elected as an independent MP for the Combined English Universities.

Votes

Election box begin
title=Kilmarnock by-election, 2 November 1933Election box candidate with party link
party = National Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Lindsay
votes = 12,577
percentage = 34.8
change = −24.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Barr
votes = 9,924
percentage = 27.4
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = John Pollock
votes = 7,575
percentage = 20.9
change = −19.5Election box candidate with party link
party = National Party of Scotland
candidate = Sir Alexander MacEwen
votes = 6,098
percentage = 16.9
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 2,653
percentage = 7.4
change = −11.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.3
change = −2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = National Labour Party (UK)
swing = N/A

Election box begin
title=General Election, October 1931: KilmarnockElection box candidate with party link
party = National Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Craigie Aitchison
votes = 21,803
percentage = 59.6
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party
candidate = John Pollock
votes = 14,767
percentage = 40.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 7,036
percentage = 19.2
change = +3.6Election box turnout
votes = 36,580
percentage = 79.5
change = +7.8Election box hold with party link
winner = National Labour Party (UK)
swing = N/A

ee also

*Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)
*Kilmarnock
*Kilmarnock by-election, 1929
*Kilmarnock by-election, 1946
*List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)
*Elections in Scotland

References

*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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