1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

UK parliamentary by-election May 2020 June 2025 November 2013 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Combined Scottish Universities no 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1934 1935 United Kingdom general election Nov. 1935 17–22 June 1935 John Graham Kerr x160px Unionist Party (Scotland) 20,507 82.7% Naomi Mitchison 3x4.svg Labour Party (UK) 4,293 17.3% MP Subsequent MP John Buchan Unionist Party (Scotland) John Graham Kerr Unionist Party (Scotland) 48.1%The 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 17 to 22 June 1935 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the sitting Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), John Buchan had resigned his seat when he was appointed as Governor General of Canada. He had held the seat since a by-election in April 1927. Candidates The Unionist candidate was 55-year-old John Graham Kerr, Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow.June 2025 The Labour Party candidate was the novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison.June 2025 There was no Liberal Party candidate. Neither Kerr nor Mitchison had previously contested a parliamentary election.June 2025 Result The result was a victory for the Unionist candidate, Prof. Kerr, who won over 80% of the votes. He resigned his university chair, held the seat until the university constituencies were abolished for the 1950 general election.June 2025 Votes Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 17-22 June 1935 Unionist Party (Scotland) John Graham Kerr 20,507 82.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Naomi Mitchison 4,293 17.3 -3.5 16,214 65.4 N/A 24,800 48.1 N/A Unionist Party (Scotland) N/A Previous election General election, October 1931: Combined Scottish Universities Unionist Party (Scotland) John Buchan Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) Dugald Cowan Unopposed N/A N/A Unionist Party (Scotland) Noel Skelton Unopposed N/A N/A See also Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency) 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950) 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:1935 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1935 in Scotland Category:1930s elections in Scotland Category:June 1935 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Combined Scottish Universities