1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

← 1936 21–25 February 1938 1945 →
Constituency of Combined Scottish Universities
Turnout	52.1% (2.7%)
First party Second party   Candidate John Anderson Frances Melville Party National Independent Popular vote 14,042 5,618 Percentage 48.8% 19.5% Swing 7.7% New   Third party Fourth party   SNP Candidate Andrew Dewar Gibb Peter Chalmers Mitchell Party SNP Independent Progressive Popular vote 5,246 3,868 Percentage 18.2% 13.5% Swing 12.9% New
MP before election Ramsay MacDonald National Labour Elected MP John Anderson National

The 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 21 to 25 February 1938 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.