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1946 South Ayrshire by-election

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The South Ayrshire by-election of 1946 was held on 7 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alexander Sloan. It was won by the Labour candidate Emrys Hughes.[1][2]

South Ayrshire by-election, 1946[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emrys Hughes 20,434 60.43 −0.91
Unionist Robert Mathew 13,382 39.57 +0.91
Majority 7,052 20.86 −1.83
Turnout 33,816
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office, The Yearbook for Scotland (1967), p.86