Aberdeen North by-election, 1928

The Aberdeen North by-election of 1928 was held on 16 August 1928. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Frank Herbert Rose. It was won by the Labour candidate William Wedgwood Benn.^[1] The by-election was one of the first British elections where a Communist candidate stood against Labour since Comintern had abandoned its policy of entryism, with the candidacy of Aitken Ferguson, a member of the local Trades Council,^[2] who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election.

By-election, Aug 1928: Aberdeen North^[3] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Wedgwood Benn	10,646	52.5
	Unionist	Dr Laura Sandeman	4,696	23.1
	Communist	Aitken Ferguson	2,618	12.9	n/a
	Liberal	James Rankin Rutherford	2,337	11.5	n/a
Majority			5,950
Turnout				56.8	-7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons1.htm
↑ Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800-2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781862321083. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
↑ The Times, 18 August 1928

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