1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2013 January 2024 August 2015 The 1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election was held on 30 April 1940 in the Glasgow Pollok constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The by-election was caused by the death of the previous MP, Sir John Gilmour. As with other by-elections in the war period, the incumbent party was given a clear run by the other major parties. It was won by Thomas Galbraith of the Unionist Party (Scotland). His only opponent came from a local Labour party - which had been disaffiliated by the party's National Executive Committee for breaking the electoral truce - and stood as an Independent Labour candidate.Craig F.W.S. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai registration 1969 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 595 By-election 1940: Glasgow Pollok Whitaker's Almanack, 1944 Unionist Party (Scotland) Thomas Galbraith 17,850 88.1 +16.0 Independent Labour John Nicholson 2,401 11.9 New 15,449 76.2 +32.0 20,251 Unionist Party (Scotland) References Glasgow Pollok by-election Glasgow Pollok by-election Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1940 Pollok by-election, 1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies