1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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21 December 1938

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Constituency of Kinross and Western Perthshire

Turnout

66.6% (

6.7%)

	First party	Second party
	UP
Candidate	William McNair Snadden	Katharine Stewart-Murray
Party	Unionist	Independent
Popular vote	11,808	10,495
Percentage	52.94%	47.06%
Swing	8.3%	N/A

MP before election

Katharine Stewart-Murray
Unionist

Subsequent MP

William McNair Snadden
Unionist

The 1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election was held on 21 December 1938. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Unionist member of parliament Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, who resigned the Conservative and Unionist whip at Westminster as a protest against the National government led by Neville Chamberlain and his European policy of appeasement of the fascist dictators Hitler and Mussolini, seeking re-election as an Independent. However, the seat was regained for the Unionists by William McNair Snadden.^[1]

Result

Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William McNair Snadden	11,808	52.94	-8.3
	Independent	Katharine Stewart-Murray	10,495	47.06	N/A
Majority			1,313	5.88	-14.5
Turnout			22,303	66.6	-6.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

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