1955 Edinburgh North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election February 2017 February 2017 The 1955 Edinburgh North by-election was held on 27 January 1955. It was held because the Unionist MP, James Clyde, resigned when he was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session. It was held by the Unionist candidate, William Rankine Milligan.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons1.htm Archived copy 10 August 2015 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190716/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons1.htm 29 October 2013 British Parliament by-election: 1955 Milligan's vote share was slightly higher than Clyde had achieved at the previous general election, although the victorious candidate was disappointed at the low turnout which he said could not be entirely attributed to bad weather.N. Edinburgh Retained https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19550128&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 23 July 2018 The Glasgow Herald 28 January 1955 The defeated Labour candidate, who was chairman of the Burntisland Labour Party, argued the result was not a vote of confidence in the government. Some of the 41 spoiled ballot papers were reported to have had slogans written on them by Scottish nationalists. Result By-election 1955: Edinburgh North Unionist Party (Scotland) William Rankine Milligan 11,413 59.41 +0.62 Labour Party (UK) G Scott 7,799 40.59 -0.62 3,614 18.82 +1.24 19,212 Unionist Party (Scotland) References Edinburgh North by-election Edinburgh North by-election Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:1950s in Edinburgh Edinburgh North by-election North, 1955