1946 Aberdeen South by-election

The 1946 Aberdeen South by-election was held on 26 November 1946. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Douglas Thomson. It was won by the Conservative candidate Priscilla Buchan.[1]

Aberdeen South by-election, 1946[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Priscilla Buchan 21,750 54.84 +8.11
Labour Arthur Irvine 17,911 45.16 +2.84
Majority 3,839 9.68 +5.26
Turnout 39,661
Unionist hold Swing +5.4
  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ The Times, 28 November 1946
  3. ^ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.