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The 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a
by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
held from 17 to 22 June 1935 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a
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of the British House of Commons.


Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Unionist
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(MP), John Buchan had
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his seat when he was appointed as
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. He had held the seat since a by-election in April 1927.


Candidates

The Unionist candidate was 55-year-old
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, Regius Professor of Zoology at the
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. The Labour Party candidate was the novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison. There was no
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candidate. Neither Kerr nor Mitchison had previously contested a parliamentary election.


Result

The result was a victory for the Unionist candidate, Prof. Kerr, who won over 80% of the votes. He resigned his university chair, held the seat until the university constituencies were abolished for the 1950 general election.


Votes


See also

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Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency) The Combined Scottish Universities was a three-member university constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. It was created by merging the single-member constituencies of Glasgow and Aber ...
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1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election The 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 26 to 29 April 1927 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 16 Ma ...
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1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election The 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 7 to 12 March 1934 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 30 Dec ...
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1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election The 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 27 to 31 January 1936 for the Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency), Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British Hous ...
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1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 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. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when t ...
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1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election The 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 9 to 13 April 1945 for the Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency), Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House ...
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1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election The 1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 22 to 27 November 1946 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. It was the last election for a university ...
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List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950) This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1931 and 1950, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted ...


Sources

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