1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

← 1935 21 December 1938 1945 →
Constituency of Kinross and Western Perthshire
Turnout	66.6% (6.7%)
First party Second party   UP Candidate William McNair Snadden Katharine Stewart-Murray Party Unionist Independent Popular vote 11,808 10,495 Percentage 52.94% 47.06% Swing 8.3% N/A
MP before election Katharine Stewart-Murray Unionist Subsequent MP William McNair Snadden Unionist

The 1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election was held on 21 December 1938. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Unionist member of parliament Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, who resigned the Conservative and Unionist whip at Westminster as a protest against the National government led by Neville Chamberlain and his European policy of appeasement of the fascist dictators Hitler and Mussolini, seeking re-election as an Independent. However, the seat was regained for the Unionists by William McNair Snadden.^[1]