A former cabinet minister, Walter Elliot had first been elected for the seat in 1924, having previously been MP for Lanark. He had lost the seat in the Labour landslide of 1945, but after sitting as an MP for the Scottish Universities, had fought it again in 1950 and regained it.[2]
David Murray, who stood as a 'Liberal Home-ruler' was not officially endorsed by the Liberal Party, but Scottish Liberal chairman J. M. Bannerman spoke in his favour "as an individual".[3]
1958, glasgow, kelvingrove, election, glasgow, kelvingrove, election, march, 1958, held, after, death, conservative, walter, elliot, seat, marginal, having, been, conservatives, 1955, united, kingdom, general, election, just, short, votes, elliot, widow, katha. The Glasgow Kelvingrove by election of 13 March 1958 was held after the death of Conservative MP MP Walter Elliot The seat was marginal having been won by the Conservatives at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by just short of 3 000 votes 1 Elliot s widow Katharine Elliot stood to replace her husband as a Unionist but she was defeated by Labour s Mary McAlister Contents 1 Background 2 Result of the previous general election 3 Result of the by election 4 ReferencesBackground editA former cabinet minister Walter Elliot had first been elected for the seat in 1924 having previously been MP for Lanark He had lost the seat in the Labour landslide of 1945 but after sitting as an MP for the Scottish Universities had fought it again in 1950 and regained it 2 David Murray who stood as a Liberal Home ruler was not officially endorsed by the Liberal Party but Scottish Liberal chairman J M Bannerman spoke in his favour as an individual 3 Result of the previous general election editGeneral election 1955 Glasgow Kelvingrove Party Candidate Votes Conservative Walter Elliot 14 854 55 38 3 0Labour John Williams 11 966 44 62 3 0Majority 2 888 10 76 6 0Turnout 26 820Conservative hold SwingResult of the by election editBy election 1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mary McAlister 10 210 48 00 3 38Conservative Katharine Elliot 8 850 41 61 13 77Independent Liberal David Murray 1 622 7 63 NewInd Labour Party William C Park 587 2 76 NewMajority 1 360 6 39 N ATurnout 21 269Labour gain from Conservative Swing 8 67References edit 1 Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources net The Times House of Commons 1951 London 1951 p 190 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help CS1 maint location missing publisher link Kelvingrove Vote Today The Glasgow Herald 13 March 1958 Retrieved 10 September 2018 1958 By Election Results Archived from the original on 25 June 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2015 nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a by election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to Glasgow Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by election amp oldid 1180250085, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
