1948 Glasgow Hillhead by-election

A 1948 by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Hillhead in the UK House of Commons was held on 25 November 1948, caused by the appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary of the incumbent Unionist MP James Reid. The result was a hold for the Unionist Party, with their candidate Tam Galbraith.

## Result

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Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1948[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Tam Galbraith | 16,060  | 68.4  | +9.8
| Labour | T A MacNair  | 7,419  | 31.6  | −2.0
Majority  | 8,641  | 36.8  | +11.8
Turnout | 23,479  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing |  |

Despite a clear victory for their party some Scottish Unionist MPs were reportedly disappointed by the result given that the recent Edmonton by-election had seen the Conservative Party's vote substantially increased while Labour's vote fell greatly. Commenting on the by-election, an editorial in The Glasgow Herald rejected and criticised this assessment, noting that there was a lower turnout and opining that it was a "a notable achievement" that Galbraith had increased the Unionist Party's majority by a third, given that, in the newspaper's view, he was "a young candidate succeeding one of the outstanding Unionist members of recent years."[2]

## Previous election

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General election 1945: Glasgow Hillhead[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | James Reid | 14,909  | 58.6  | −9.6
| Labour | HT MacCalman  | 8,545  | 33.6  | +1.8
| Liberal | John Gray Wilson | 2,003  | 7.8  | New
Majority  | 6,364  | 25.0  | −11.4
Turnout | 25,457  | 66.0  | −7.2
| Unionist hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
2. ^ "Editorial - Hillhead". The Glasgow Herald. 27 November 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
3. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. 5 July 1945. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

* Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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