1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
21–25 February 1938
Constituency of Combined Scottish Universities
Turnout52.1% (2.7%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate John Anderson Frances Melville
Party National Independent
Popular vote 14,042 5,618
Percentage 48.8% 19.5%
Swing 7.7% New
  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Candidate Andrew Dewar Gibb Peter Chalmers Mitchell
Party SNP Independent Progressive
Popular vote 5,246 3,868
Percentage 18.2% 13.5%
Swing 12.9% New
MP before election

Ramsay MacDonald
National Labour

 Elected MP

John Anderson
National

The 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 21 to 25 February 1938 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.

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