1928 Aberdeen North by-election
The 1928 Aberdeen North by-election was held on Thursday, 16 August 1928. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Frank Herbert Rose. It was won by the Labour candidate William Wedgwood Benn.[1][2] The by-election was one of the first elections in the UK where a Communist candidate stood against Labour since Comintern had abandoned its policy of entryism, with the candidacy of Aitken Ferguson, a member of the local Trades Council,[3] who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Wedgwood Benn | 10,646 | 52.5 | −8.3 | |
| Unionist | Laura Sandeman | 4,696 | 23.1 | −16.1 | |
| Communist | Aitken Ferguson | 2,618 | 12.9 | New | |
| Liberal | James Rankin Rutherford | 2,337 | 11.5 | New | |
| Majority | 5,950 | 29.4 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 20,297 | 56.8 | −7.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "North Aberdeen result". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781862321083. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ The Times, 18 August 1928
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