East Renfrewshire by-election, 1926

The East Renfrewshire by-election of 1926 was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointed solicitor general for Scotland of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alexander Munro MacRobert. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alexander Munro MacRobert.^[1]

East Renfrewshire by-election, 1926: Renfrewshire East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Munro MacRobert KC	11,817
	Labour	Rev John Martin Munro	10,889
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927

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1924	December: Dundee

1925	February: Walsall June: Ayr Burghs Eastbourne Oldham July: Forest of Dean September: Stockport November: Galloway December: Bury St Edmunds Ripon

1926	January: Dunbartonshire January: East Renfrewshire February: Cambridge University Darlington March: Combined English Universities Bothwell April: East Ham North May: Buckrose Hammersmith North July: Wallsend September: North Cumberland November: Howdenshire Kingston-upon-Hull Central Chelmsford December: Smethwick

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