1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election explained

Election Name:1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
Type:parliamentary
Country:United Kingdom
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1924 United Kingdom general election
Previous Year:1924
Next Election:1929 United Kingdom general election
Next Year:1929
Election Date:26–29 April 1927
Candidate1:John Buchan
Party1:Unionist Party (Scotland)
Popular Vote1:16,963
Percentage1:87.7%
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Popular Vote2:2,378
Percentage2:12.3%
MP
Posttitle:Subsequent MP
Before Party:Unionist Party (Scotland)
After Party:Unionist Party (Scotland)
Turnout:55.1%

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 March 1927 when the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Henry Craik, Bt. had died, aged 80. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election, having previously been MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities.

Candidates

Two candidates contested the by-election. John Buchan, the novelist, of the Unionist Party and Hugh Guthrie of the Labour Party, who had contested Glasgow Camlachie at the 1918 general election.

Result

The result was a victory for Buchan, who won nearly 88% of the votes. He held the seat until 1935, when he resigned to take up the post of Governor General of Canada.

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