1941 Dunbartonshire by-election

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The 1941 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 27 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the appointment as sheriff substitute of the incumbent Labour MP, Thomas Cassells. It was won by the Labour candidate Adam McKinlay. [1]

Because of the wartime truce his only opponent was a Communist, who had a relatively strong vote, possibly because the constituency did include the Vale of Leven, a "little Moscow". It took place before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, when the Communist Party changed its line.

Dunbartonshire by-election, 1941 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam McKinlay 21,900 85.0 +36.9
Communist Malcolm MacEwen 3,86215.0New
Majority 18,03870.0+67.6
Turnout 25,76238.7−29.9
Labour hold Swing

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