1924 Dundee by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2013 January 2024 June 2025 1924 Dundee by-election United Kingdom 42.4% ( 41.4%) 1929 parliamentary no 1924 United Kingdom general election Oct. 1924 22 December 1924 1929 United Kingdom general election Constituency of Dundee Tom Johnston x160px Labour Party (UK) 22,973 69.2% x160px Ernest Simon Liberal Party (UK) 10,234 30.8% MP E. D. Morel Labour Party (UK) Tom Johnston Labour Party (UK) The 1924 Dundee by-election was a by-election held on 22 December 1924 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dundee, in Scotland. It was won by the Labour Party candidate, Thomas Johnston. Vacancy The Labour Party MP E. D. Morel had died on 25 November 1924, aged 51. Morel had held the seat since the 1922 general election, when he had famously defeated Winston Churchill. Candidates The by-election was contested by only two candidates, both of whom were MPs who had been defeated elsewhere at the 1924 general election. The Labour candidate was 42-year-old Thomas Johnston, who had been MP for Stirling and Clackmannan Western from 1922 to 1924. His only opponent was the Liberal candidate Ernest Simon, an English industrialist who had been MP for Manchester Withington from 1923. Result On a turnout barely half that of the general election in October, Johnston held the seat for Labour, with more than 69% of the vote. He did not contest the seat at the 1929 general election, when he was re-elected for his old constituency of Stirling and Clackmannan Western, and went on to become Secretary of State for Scotland from 1941 to 1945. Simon was re-elected in 1929 for his old Withington seat, but lost it in 1931, and did not return to the House of Commons. He later joined the Labour Party, and in 1947 he was ennobled and appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Votes Dundee by-election, 22 December 1924 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Johnston 22,973 69.2 +42.7 Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Simon 10,234 30.8 +10.2 12,739 38.4 +34.6 33,207 42.4 −41.4 Labour Party (UK) See also Dundee (UK Parliament constituency) Dundee List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) 1908 Dundee by-election 1917 Dundee by-election Sources Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X March 2012 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies Category:1924 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1924 in Scotland Category:1920s elections in Scotland Category:1920s in Dundee Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dundee constituencies Category:December 1924 in the United Kingdom