Dunbartonshire West by-election, 1950

The Dunbartonshire West by-election of 25 April 1950 was held after the death of Labour MP Adam McKinlay on 17 March 1950.

The seat was marginal, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950 by only 613 votes^[1]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1950: Dunbartonshire West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Adam Storey McKinlay	20,398	49.29
	Conservative	R.A. Allan	19,785	47.81
	Communist	F. Hart	1,198	2.90
Majority			613	1.48	–

By-election 1950: Dunbartonshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tom Steele	20,367	50.4	+1.1
	Conservative	R.A. Allan	20,074	49.6	+1.8
Majority			293	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ PoliticsResources.net
↑ "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

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