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1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election

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The Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election of 1944 was held on 17 February 1944. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP, Tom Kennedy. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Hubbard, but Douglas Young of the Scottish National Party came a close second.[1]

Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election, 1944[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 8,268 51.6 −4.7
SNP Douglas Young 6,621 41.3 N/A
Christian Socialist Henry Hilditch 1,136 7.1 N/A
Majority 1,647 10.9
Turnout 16,025
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ '"See by-election", Ottawa Citizen, 16 February 1944


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