1935 Dumfriesshire by-election
The1935 Dumfriesshire by-electionwas aby-electionheld for theBritish House of CommonsconstituencyofDumfriesshireinScotlandon 12 September 1935. The by-election was won by theNational Liberal Partycandidate SirHenry Fildes.
It was the last by-election of the1931–1935 Parliament.Only six weeks later, on 25 October,Parliamentwas dissolved for the1935 general election.
Vacancy[edit]
The National Liberal MP DrJoseph Hunterhad died on 24 July 1935, aged 59. He had held the seat since the1929 general election.
Candidates[edit]
The parties in theNational Governmentdid not usually contest by-elections in seats held by other governing parties, so the National Liberal Party candidate SirHenry Fildesdid not face aConservativeopponent.
The only other candidate was J. Downie,Labour Co-operative.
Result[edit]
On a reduced turnout, Fildes held the seat for the National Liberals, with a reduced but still large majority, taking over 60% of the votes. He was re-elected at thegeneral election in November 1935,and held the seat until he stood down at the1945 general election.
Votes[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Henry Fildes | 16,271 | 60.3 | −17.4 | |
Labour Co-op | J. Downie | 10,697 | 39.7 | +17.4 | |
Majority | 5,574 | 20.6 | −34.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,968 | 58.7 | −18.9 | ||
National Liberalhold | Swing | −17.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Hunter | 26,873 | 77.7 | +32.6 | |
Labour | J. S. Paterson | 7,693 | 22.3 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 19,180 | 55.4 | +46.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,566 | 77.6 | −3.8 | ||
Liberalhold | Swing |
- Note: Hunter left the Liberal Party and joined the National Liberal Party, in June 1934, during the Parliament.
See also[edit]
- Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Dumfriesshire
- 1963 Dumfriesshire by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Craig, F. W. S.(1983) [1969].British parliamentary election results 1918-1949(3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs