1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election

UK parliamentary by-election May 2025 November 2013 The 1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election of 25 October 1950 was held after the death of Conservative MP Sir Arthur Young. The seat was very marginal, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by 239 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20170308121330/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i09.htm 8 March 2017 PoliticsResources.net Labour again fielded W. Bargh, a Glasgow school teacher, who had narrowly failed to win the seat at the general election earlier in the year. The Conservative candidate was James Hutchison, who had been the MP for Glasgow Central from 1945 until the general election.Unionists Retain Scotstoun https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19501026&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 16 July 2018 The Glasgow Herald 26 October 1950 5 Result of the previous general election General election 1950: Glasgow Scotstoun Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Young 19,294 46.54 Labour Party (UK) W. Bargh 19,055 45.96 Liberal Party (UK) W. Ferguson 2,023 4.88 Communist Party of Great Britain Bob McIlhone 1,088 2.62 239 0.58 41,460 84.61 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1950: Glasgow Scotstounhttp://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095636/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html 1950 By Election Results 2012-03-25 dead 2015-08-12 Conservative Party (UK) James Hutchison 18,494 50.88 +4.34 Labour Party (UK) W Bargh 17,175 47.25 +1.29 Independent Labour Party David Gibson 680 1.87 N/A 1,319 3.63 +3.04 36,349 Conservative Party (UK) +1.53 Outcome Reporting the result, The Glasgow Herald stated that the outcome of the election, an increased majority for the Conservatives, suggested that the Labour Party had lost ground in Scotland since the general election. Bargh felt that the intervention by the ILP had cost him victory, a view that Gibson, the ILP candidate did not share. The Conservative majority of 1,319 exceeded the number of votes (680) received by Gibson. An editorial in The Glasgow Herald the morning after the contest commented that Hutchison's win had been expected, but said "it would have been a blow to Mr Churchill's hopes of turning Labour out at the next general election" had the Conservatives been returned without an increased majority. The same editorial said the Conservative majority had increased by a "gratifying number of votes" and attributed this to Hutchison having been known to have had a previously successful spell as a Glasgow MP and his exploiting disillusion with the Labour Government. It predicted that the result would "give the Unionist and Conservative party organisations the sort of stimulus they need in their efforts to drive the Government from power and office."Scoutson https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19501026&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 21 May 2020 The Glasgow Herald 26 October 1950 4 References Category:1950 in Scotland Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:1950 elections in the United Kingdom Scotston Scotstoun by-election, 1950 Category:October 1950 in the United Kingdom