1928 Aberdeen North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election thumb|William Wedgwood Benn February 2018 February 2018 The 1928 Aberdeen North by-election was held on Thursday, 16 August 1928. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Frank Herbert Rose. It was won by the Labour candidate William Wedgwood Benn.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G00_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=0kwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2487%2C6886842 North Aberdeen result The Glasgow Herald 8 18 August 1928 14 March 2016A 1 June 2021 The by-election was one of the first elections in the UK where a Communist candidate stood against Labour since Comintern had abandoned its policy of entryism, with the candidacy of Aitken Ferguson, a member of the local Trades Council,Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History Fraser, W.H. Lee, C.H. 2000 Tuckwell Press 9781862321083 https://books.google.com/books?id=6az73FqFVMMC 212 2015-02-09 who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election. By-election, Aug 1928: Aberdeen NorthThe Times, 18 August 1928 Electorate Labour Party (UK) William Wedgwood Benn 10,646 52.5 -8.3 Unionist Party (Scotland) Laura Sandeman 4,696 23.1 -16.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Aitken Ferguson 2,618 12.9 New Liberal Party (UK) James Rankin Rutherford 2,337 11.5 New 5,950 29.4 +7.8 20,297 56.8 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) +3.9 References Aberdeen North by-election Aberdeen North by-election, 1927 Aberdeen North by-election North, 1928 North by-election, 1928 Aberdeen North by-election