1928 Aberdeen North by-election

William Wedgwood Benn

The 1928 Aberdeen North by-election was held on Thursday, 16 August 1928. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Frank Herbert Rose. It was won by the Labour candidate William Wedgwood Benn. ^{[1] [2]} The by-election was one of the first elections in the UK where a Communist candidate stood against Labour since Comintern had abandoned its policy of entryism, with the candidacy of Aitken Ferguson, a member of the local Trades Council, ^[3] who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election.

By-election, Aug 1928: Aberdeen North ^[4] Electorate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Wedgwood Benn	10,646	52.5	−8.3
	Unionist	Laura Sandeman	4,696	23.1	−16.1
	Communist	Aitken Ferguson	2,618	12.9	New
	Liberal	James Rankin Rutherford	2,337	11.5	New
Majority			5,950	29.4	+7.8
Turnout			20,297	56.8	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

References

1. "North Aberdeen result". The Glasgow Herald . 18 August 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
3. Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN   9781862321083 . Retrieved 9 February 2015.
4. The Times, 18 August 1928