Paisley by-election, 1948

The Paisley by-election, 1948 was a parliamentary by-election held on 18 February 1948 for the British House of Commons constituency of Paisley in Scotland.

The election was a straight fight between Douglas Harold Johnston for Labour and James McCormick, a National candidate with the support of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, with Johnston emerging the winner by 6,545 votes.

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1945	October: Smethwick • Ashton-under-Lyne • Edinburgh East • Monmouth • City Of London • November: Bromley • Bournemouth • Kensington South • December: Tottenham North

1946	January: Preston • February: South Ayrshire • Glasgow Cathcart • Heywood and Radcliffe • Hemsworth • March: Combined English Universities • June: Ogmore • Down • July: Bexley • Pontypool • Battersea North • August: Glasgow Bridgeton • November: Rotherhithe • Paddington North • Aberdeen South • Combined Scottish Universities • December: Aberdare • Kilmarnock

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1948	January: Glasgow Camlachie • February: Paisley • March: Wigan • Armagh • Croydon North • Brigg • Southwark Central • September: Glasgow Gorbals • October: Stirling and Falkirk • November: Edmonton • Glasgow Hillhead

1949	February: Batley and Morley • Hammersmith South • March: St Pancras North • Sowerby • July: Leeds West • December: Bradford South

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