1936 Dunbartonshire by-election

The 1936 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 18 March 1936. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Governor of Burma of the incumbent Conservative MP, Archibald Douglas Cochrane. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Cassells.^[1]

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Dunbartonshire by-election, 1936^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	Thomas Cassells	20,187	48.1	+6.2
	Unionist	Arthur Paterson Duffes	19,203	45.7	â4.6
	SNP	Robert Gray	2,599	6.2	â1.6
Majority			984	2.4	N/A
Turnout			41,989	68.6	â11.9
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+5.4

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