1941 Dunbartonshire by-election

The 1941 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 27 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the appointment as sheriff substitute of the incumbent Labour MP, Thomas Cassells. It was won by the Labour candidate Adam McKinlay.[1]

Because of the wartime truce his only opponent was a Communist, who had a relatively strong vote, although the constituency did include the Vale of Leven, a "little Moscow". It took place before the Soviet Union entered the war when the Soviet Communist Party changed its line.

Dunbartonshire by-election, 1941[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam McKinlay 21,900 85.0 +36.9
Communist Malcolm MacEwen 3,862 15.0 New
Majority 18,038 70.0 +67.6
Turnout 25,762 38.7 -29.9
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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