1928 Aberdeen North by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
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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 | â8.3 | |
| Unionist | Laura Sandeman | 4,696 | 23.1 | â16.1 | |
| 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 | â7.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
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