1950 West Dunbartonshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election May 2025 November 2013 The 1950 West Dunbartonshire by-election of 25 April 1950 was held after the death of Labour MP Adam McKinlay on 17 March 1950. The seat was marginal, having been won in 1950 by only 613 votes, https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095831/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i07.htm 24 September 2015 PoliticsResources.net and remained so following the by-election, with Tom Steele holding the seat for Labour by 293 votes. Result of the previous general election General election 1950: West Dunbartonshire Labour Party (UK) Adam McKinlay 20,398 49.29 Conservative Party (UK) R.A. Allan 19,785 47.81 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Hart 1,198 2.90 613 1.48 41,381 85.46 Labour Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1950: West Dunbartonshirehttp://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 Labour Party (UK) Tom Steele 20,367 50.36 +1.07 Conservative Party (UK) R.A. Allan 20,074 49.64 +1.83 293 0.72 -0.76 40,441 Labour Party (UK) +0.38 The Glasgow Herald said that while Labour had retained the seat, the party could "take little credit from a victory which was expected to be more pronounced with the aid of the new register and the Loch Sloy vote."Reprieve https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19500427&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 22 May 2020 The Glasgow Herald 27 April 1950 4 References Category:1950 in Scotland Category:1950s elections in Scotland By-election, 1950 By-election, 1950 Category:1950 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies Category:20th century in West Dunbartonshire