1937 Glasgow Springburn by-election

UK parliament by-election November 2013 January 2024 The 1937 Glasgow Springburn by-election occurred in Glasgow Springburn on 7 September 1937,http://www.alba.org.uk/westminster/womentimeline.html Scottish Politics Research Unit 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20081231111736/http://www.alba.org.uk/westminster/womentimeline.html 31 December 2008 usurped dmy-all which (unusually for a UK election) was a Tuesday. It was caused by the death of George Hardie of Labour. It was won by his widow Agnes Hardie for Labour. Campaign The main issue of discussion related not to local concerns, but national concerns of rearmament. There had been much debate within the Labour Movement, including the Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress, about the National Government's reaction to the emerging situation in Europe. This led eventually to a commitment not to reverse the rearmament program until the international situation had changed. The Conservative candidate, Colonel McInnes Shaw, was unable to speak at all for eight days during the campaign due to a throat illness and Mrs. Hardie gave only a brief address (with no questions) at an eve-of-poll address. Result Glasgow Springburn by-election, 1937Whitaker's Almanack, 1939 Labour Party (UK) Agnes Hardie 14,859 62.6 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) McInnes Shaw 8,881 37.4 +0.5 5,978 25.2 -1.0 23,740 50.9 -20.2 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 See also Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950) George Hardie MP Agnes Hardie MP References Category:1937 in Scotland Category:1930s elections in Scotland Glasgow Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies Category:1930s in Glasgow Category:Springburn