1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

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1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
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  1935 21 December 1938 1945  

Constituency of Kinross and Western Perthshire
Turnout66.6% (Decrease2.svg 6.7%)
 First partySecond party
 
UP
Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (3x4 crop).jpg
Candidate William McNair Snadden Katharine Stewart-Murray
Party Unionist Independent
Popular vote11,80810,495
Percentage52.94%47.06%
SwingDecrease2.svg8.3%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]

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Result

Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, 1938
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William McNair Snadden 11,808 52.94 −8.3
Independent Katharine Stewart-Murray 10,49547.06N/A
Majority1,3135.88−14.5
Turnout 22,30366.6−6.7
Unionist hold Swing

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