BRITISH POLITICS
SOUTH AYRSHIRE BY-ELECTION RETAINED BY LABOUR PARTY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received April 22. 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 21 Seventy-five per cent, of the electorate voted in the South Ayrshire byelection rendered vacant by the death of the Right Hon. J. Brown, 0.8. E., which resulted:— Mr Alexander Sloan (Lab.) . 17,908 Dr. Catherine Gavin :Con.) . “12.980 Majority 4,90 S At the general election the voting was: Mr James Brown Labour), 18,190; Major ,J. 0. Mac Andrew (Conservative), 13,386 —majority 4804.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20786, 22 April 1939, Page 7
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