1948 Glasgow Hillhead by-election

A by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Hillhead in the 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
Glasgow Hillhead[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General election 1945: Glasgow Hillhead[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Reid 14,909 58.6
Labour HT MacCalman 8,545 33.6
Liberal John Gray Wilson 2,003 7.8
Majority 6,364 25.0
Turnout 25,457 66.0
Unionist hold Swing

References
  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.


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