1926 Dunbartonshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1926 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointment to the Court of Session of the incumbent Conservative MP, David Fleming. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Thom.^[1]

Dunbartonshire by-election, 1926^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Thom	12,680	48.0	-7.8
	Labour	William Martin	11,610	43.9	-0.3
	Liberal	William Reid	2,146	8.1	New
Majority			1,070	4.1	-7.5
Turnout			26,436	75.0	-0.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.8

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927

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