South Ayrshire by-election, 1939

The South Ayrshire by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 20 April 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of South Ayrshire in Scotland.

Previous Result

General Election, 14 November 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon James Brown	18,190
	Conservative	James Orr MacAndrew	13,396
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Result

Ayrshire South by-election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	17,908
	Conservative	Dr. Catherine Gavin	12,986
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election, 5 July 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	21,235	61.3
	Conservative	Robert Mathew	13,382	38.7
Majority			7,853	22.7
Turnout				75.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)