1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election March 2017 March 2017 The 1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election was held on 26 June 1930. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, John Wheatley. It was won by the Labour candidate John McGovern.May 2021 Allegations that McGovern had rigged the Labour party candidate selection for the by-election were to lead to his expulsion from the Labour Party, although he would retain the seat as an Independent Labour Party MP.Smyth J. J. http://archive.org/details/labouringlasgow10000smyt Labour in Glasgow, 1896-1936 : socialism, suffrage, sectarianism 2000 East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland : Tuckwell Press Internet Archive 978-1-86232-137-3 119 Glasgow Shettleston by-election, 1930Craig Fred W. S. http://archive.org/details/chronologyofbrit0000crai Chronology of British parliamentary by-elections, 1833-1987 1987 Chichester, West Sussex : Parliamentary Research Services Internet Archive 978-0-900178-31-3 148 Labour Party (UK) John McGovern 10,699 42.8 -17.6 Unionist Party (Scotland) William Templeton 10,303 41.2 +1.6 National Party of Scotland John McNicol 2,527 10.1 New Communist Party of Great Britain Shapurji Saklatvala 1,459 5.8 New 396 1.6 -19.2 24,988 36.5 -40.4 Labour Party (UK) References Glasgow Shettleston by-election Glasgow Shettleston by-election Category:1930s elections in Scotland Category:1930s in Glasgow Glasgow Shettleston by-election Shettleston, 1930