Dunbartonshire by-election, 1941

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The Dunbartonshire by-election of 1941 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 Communist Party changed its line.

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

References

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