Westminster Parliamentary By-Elections 1950-1951


saltire shield'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.'
Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.
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Dunbartonshire West: 23 rd April 1950

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
Tom Steele Labour 20,367 50.4 % + 1.1 %
R.A. Allan Conservative & Unionist 20,074 49.6 % +1.8 %
Labour hold Labour majority 293 0.7 %

Glasgow Scotstoun: 25 th October 1950

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
J.R.H. Hutchison Conservative & Unionist 18,494 50.9 % + 4.3 %
W. Bargh Labour/Co-op 17,175 47.3 % + 1.3 %
D.W. Gibson
Independent Labour Party 680 1.9 % (+ 1.9 %)
Conservative & Unionist hold Conservative & Unionist majority 1,319 3.6 %


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