1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
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The 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 9 to 13 April 1945 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.
Vacancy
[edit]The seat had become vacant on 6 March 1945 when the National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) George Morrison had resigned by the procedural device of accepting the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons.
Candidates
[edit]Two candidates contested the by-election. The Rector of the University of Glasgow, Sir John Boyd Orr, stood as an independent. He was a doctor and biologist, and founder of the Rowett Research Institute.
The other candidate was R. M. Munro of the National Liberal Party.
Result
[edit]The result was a victory for Boyd Orr, who won over 70% of the votes. He held the seat until 1946, when he resigned to take up the post of Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Votes
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | John Boyd Orr | 20,197 | 71.2 | N/A | |
| National Liberal | R. M.Munro | 8,177 | 28.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,020 | 42.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,374 | 44.6 | −7.5 | ||
| Independent gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]- Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
- 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)
References
[edit]- ^ "Universities' New M.P. Sir John Orr's Victory". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
Sources
[edit]- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs