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1926 Dunbartonshire by-election

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The Dunbartonshire by-election of 1926 was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointed to the court of session of the incumbent Conservative MP, David Pinkerton Fleming. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Gibb Thom.[1]

Dunbartonshire by-election, 1926[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Gibb Thom 12,680 48.0 −7.8
Labour William Henry Porteous Martin 11,610 43.9 −0.3
Liberal William Reid 2,146 8.1 n/a
Majority 1,070 4.1 −15.0
Turnout 75.0 −0.6
Unionist hold Swing -7.5

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927