1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election

UK by-election April 2025 November 2013 The 1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election of 13 March 1958 was held after the death of Conservative MP Walter Elliot. The seat was marginal, having been won by the Conservatives at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by just short of 3,000 votes. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165659/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i09.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net Elliot's widow Katharine Elliot stood to replace her husband as a Unionist, but she was defeated by Labour's Mary McAlister. Background A former cabinet minister, Walter Elliot had first been elected for the seat in 1924, having previously been MP for Lanark. He had lost the seat in the Labour landslide of 1945, but after sitting as an MP for the Scottish Universities, had fought it again in 1950 and regained it.The Times House of Commons 1951 1951 The Times London 190 David Murray, who stood as a 'Liberal Home-ruler' was not officially endorsed by the Liberal Party, but Scottish Liberal chairman J. M. Bannerman spoke in his favour "as an individual".Kelvingrove Vote Today https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19580313&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 10 September 2018 The Glasgow Herald 13 March 1958 Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Glasgow Kelvingrove Conservative Party (UK) Walter Elliot 14,854 55.38 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) John Williams 11,966 44.62 -3.0 2,888 10.76 +6.0 26,820 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1958: Glasgow Kelvingrovehttp://by-elections.co.uk/58.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120625073118/http://by-elections.co.uk/58.html 1958 By Election Results 2012-06-25 dead 2015-08-14 Labour Party (UK) Mary McAlister 10,210 48.00 +3.38 Conservative Party (UK) Katharine Elliot 8,850 41.61 -13.77 Independent Liberal David Murray 1,622 7.63 New Independent Labour Party William C. Park 587 2.76 New 1,360 6.39 N/A 21,269 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +8.67 References Category:1958 in Scotland Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:1958 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies Kelvingrove by-election, 1958 Category:November 1958 in the United Kingdom