1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

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Constituency of Combined Scottish Universities
Turnout	55.1%
First party Second party   Lab Candidate John Buchan Hugh Guthrie Party Unionist Labour Popular vote 16,963 2,378 Percentage 87.7% 12.3%
MP before election Sir Henry Craik, Bt. Unionist Subsequent MP John Buchan Unionist

The 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 26 to 29 April 1927 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant on 16 March 1927 when the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Henry Craik, Bt. had died, aged 80. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election, having previously been MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities.

Candidates

Two candidates contested the by-election. John Buchan, the novelist, of the Unionist Party and Hugh Guthrie of the Labour Party, who had contested Glasgow Camlachie at the 1918 general election.

Result

The result was a victory for Buchan, who won nearly 88% of the votes. He held the seat until 1935, when he resigned to take up the post of Governor General of Canada.

Votes

See also

• Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
• 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• 1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
• List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs