1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
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Constituency of Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 66.6% ( 6.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election was held on 21 December 1938. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Unionist member of parliament Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, who resigned the Conservative and Unionist whip at Westminster as a protest against the National government led by Neville Chamberlain and his European policy of appeasement of the fascist dictators Hitler and Mussolini, seeking re-election as an Independent. However, the seat was regained for the Unionists by William McNair Snadden.[1]
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William McNair Snadden | 11,808 | 52.94 | -8.3 | |
Independent | Katharine Stewart-Murray | 10,495 | 47.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,313 | 5.88 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,303 | 66.6 | -6.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "House of Commons". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
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