Dunbartonshire by-election, 1936

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The Dunbartonshire by-election of 1936 was held on 18 March 1936. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Governor of Bermuda of the incumbent Conservative MP, Archibald Douglas Cochrane. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Cassells.[1]

Dunbartonshire by-election, 1936[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Cassells 20,187 48.1
Unionist Arthur Paterson Duffes 19,203 45.7
SNP Robert Gray 2,599 6.2 -1.6
Majority 984 2.4
Turnout 68.6 -
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

References

  1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939


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