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1926 East Renfrewshire by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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The 1926 East Renfrewshire by-election was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alexander Munro MacRobert. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alexander Munro MacRobert.May 2021 This was the final ministerial by-election held prior to an amendment to the Re-Election of Ministers Act, which abolished the practice.
East Renfrewshire by-election, 1926: Renfrewshire EastOliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
Unionist Party (Scotland)
Alexander Munro MacRobert
11,817
52.0
−3.7
Labour Party (UK)
John Martin Munro
10,889
48.0
+3.7
928 4.0 −7.4
22,706 75.2 −8.3
30,211
Unionist Party (Scotland)
−3.7
References
East Renfrewshire by-election
Category:1920s elections in Scotland
Category:Politics of Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire by-election
Renfrewshire, East
Category:January 1926 in the United Kingdom