The 1941 Edinburgh West by-election was a by-election in the
Edinburgh West constituency that occurred on 12 July 1941.
Ian Clark Hutchison
Sir George Ian Clark Hutchison (4 January 1903 – 2 February 2002) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from 1941 to 1959.
He was the son of George Aitken Clark Hutchison MP and his ...
stood for the
Unionist Party. As he faced no opposition, he was declared elected.
[''Whitaker's Almanack'', 1944] It remains the last uncontested by-election in Scotland to date.
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