Glasgow Gorbals by-election, 1948

A by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Gorbals in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 30 September 1948, caused by the appointment as Chair of the National Assistance Board of the incumbent Labour MP George Buchanan. The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with their candidate Alice Cullen.

Result

Glasgow Gorbals^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Cullen	13,706	54.6
	Unionist	W. Roxburgh	7,181	28.6
	Communist	Peter Kerrigan	4,233	16.8
Majority			6,525	26.0

Previous election

General Election 1945: Glasgow Gorbals^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Buchanan	21,073	80.0
	Unionist	A Mactaggart	5,269	20.0
Majority			15,804	60.00
Turnout				56.9

References

↑ "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. 5 July 1945. Retrieved 2011-11-08.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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1945	October: Smethwick Ashton-under-Lyne Edinburgh East Monmouth City of London November: Bromley Bournemouth Kensington South December: Tottenham North

1946	January: Preston February: South Ayrshire Glasgow Cathcart Heywood and Radcliffe Hemsworth March: Combined English Universities June: Ogmore Down July: Bexley Pontypool Battersea North August: Glasgow Bridgeton November: Rotherhithe Paddington North Aberdeen South Combined Scottish Universities December: Aberdare Kilmarnock

1947	February: Normanton May: Jarrow September: Liverpool Edge Hill September: Islington West November: Gravesend Edinburgh East Howdenshire December: Epsom

1948	January: Glasgow Camlachie February: Paisley March: Wigan Armagh Croydon North Brigg Southwark Central September: Glasgow Gorbals October: Stirling and Falkirk November: Edmonton Glasgow Hillhead

1949	February: Batley and Morley Hammersmith South March: St Pancras North Sowerby July: Leeds West December: Bradford South

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