1939 South Ayrshire by-election

The1939 South Ayrshire by-electionwas aparliamentary by-electionheld in theUnited Kingdomon 20 April 1939 for theHouse of CommonsconstituencyofSouth AyrshireinScotland.

Previous result

General election, 14 November 1935

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	18,190	57.61
	Unionist	James MacAndrew	13,396	42.39
Majority			4,804	18.22
Turnout			31,576	78.03
	LabourgainfromUnionist		Swing

Result

By-election 1939: Ayrshire South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	17,908	57.97
	Unionist	Catherine Gavin	12,986	42.03
Majority			4,922	15.94
Turnout			30,894
	Labourhold		Swing

Aftermath

In the1945 general election,the result was:

General election, 5 July 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	21,235	61.3	+3.7
	Unionist	Robert Mathew	13,382	38.7	−3.7
Majority			7,853	22.6	7.5
Turnout			34,617	75.2	−2.8
	Labourhold		Swing

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949,compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)