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1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove By-election
The 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election was held on Friday, 23 May 1924. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Hutchison. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Elliot. Background Glasgow Kelvingrove had been held by the Unionist Party (as the Conservatives stood at elections in Scotland under that name) since 1918. However at the 1923 general election, the Unionist majority had been cut to just over 1,000 votes, by far the closest result in the seat up to that point. The Unionists selected Walter Elliot, who had lost his seat at the 1923 general election, and had previously been Under Secretary of Health for Scotland in the last Conservative Government. The Labour candidate was Aitken Ferguson who had stood as Labour candidate at the previous election. However, Ferguson, who was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was their official candidate; was not officially endorsed by the Labour Party in tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament Constituency)
Glasgow Kelvingrove was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ... voting system. In February 1974 it absorbed the entire Glasgow Woodside Constituency which had existed from 1950 but lost the part of the Exchange Ward it had previously included to Glasgow Central. Boundaries 1950–1955: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park. 1955–1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston and Park, and part of Exchange ward. 1974–1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Anderston, Botanic Gardens, Kelvin, Park, Partick East, and Woodside. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aitken Ferguson
Aitken Ferguson (1891 – 1975)Ian MacDougall, ''Voices from the hunger marches: personal recollections by Scottish hunger marchers of the 1920s and 1930s'', p.212 was a Scottish communist activist. Born in Glasgow, Ferguson was named after his father.Graham Stevenson,Ferguson Aitken, ''Compendium of Communist Biography'' He worked as a boilermaker, and was active in the Socialist Labour Party. He was a founder of the Clyde Workers Committee during World War I,Chris Cook and John Ramsden, ''By-Elections In British Politics'', p.52 and soon after joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), and his local Labour Party. He stood in Glasgow Kelvingrove at the 1923 general election as a communist candidate, with the support of the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers and of the local Labour Party, but not the national body. Despite this, he performed strongly, coming 1,000 votes behind the successful Conservative Party candidate. At the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By-elections To The Parliament Of The United Kingdom In Glasgow Constituencies
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumbent’s death or resignation, or when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office (because of a recall, a prohibited dual mandate, criminal conviction, or failure to maintain a minimum attendance), or when an election is invalidated by voting irregularities. In some cases a vacancy may be filled by a method other than a by-election (such as the outgoing member's party nominating a replacement) or the office may be left vacant. These elections can be held anytime in the country. An election to fill a vacancy created when a general election cannot take place in a particular constituency (such as if a candidate dies shortly before election day) may be called a by-election in some jurisdictions, or may have a distinct name (''e.g.'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Elections In The United Kingdom
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1924 In Scotland
Events from the year 1924 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – The Viscount Novar until 22 January; then William Adamson until 3 November; then Sir John Gilmour, Bt Law officers * Lord Advocate – William Watson until February; then Hugh Pattison Macmillan until November; then William Watson * Solicitor General for Scotland – Frederick Thomson; then John Charles Fenton until November; then David Fleming Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans Events * 22 January – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a minority government. * 28– 30 January – Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: The gold medal is won by a Scottish team representing Great Britain in Chamonix. * April – ''The Scots Magazine'' resumes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pratt (Liberal Politician)
Sir John William Pratt (9 September 1873 – 27 October 1952), was a Scotland, Scottish Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Pratt was Warden of Glasgow University Settlement, 1902–12 and was a Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1906. At the start of his political career he was a Fabian Society, Fabian. Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency), Linlithgowshire in 1913 Linlithgowshire by-election, a 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow Cathcart until 1922. He served in the Coalition Government 1916-1922, coalition government of David Lloyd George as a Lord of the Treasury, Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1916 to 1919 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland from 1919 to 1922. He was knighted in the 1922 Dissolution Honours. Pratt did not contest the 1922 United Kingdom general election, general election of the same year. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Executive Committee Of The Labour Party
The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body of the UK Labour Party, setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party, constituency Labour parties (CLP), and socialist societies, as well as ''ex officio'' members such as the party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees. History During the 1980s, the NEC had a major role in policy-making and was often at the heart of disputes over party policy. In 1997, under Tony Blair's new party leadership, the General Secretary Tom Sawyer enacted the Partnership in Power reforms. This rebalanced the NEC's membership, including by reducing trade union membership to a minority for the first time in its history. The reforms also introduced new seats: two for local government, three for the Parliamentary Party, three for the (Shadow) Cabinet, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB founded the ''Daily Worker'' (renamed the Morning Star (British newspaper), ''Morning Star'' in 1966). In 1936, members of the party were present at the Battle of Cable Street, helping organise resistance against the British Union of Fascists. In the Spanish Civil War, the CPGB worked with the USSR to create the British Battalion of the International Brigades, which party activist Bill Alexander (British politician), Bill Alexander commanded. In World War II, the CPGB followed the Comintern position, opposing or supporting the war in line with the involvement of the USSR. By the end of World War II, CPGB membership had nearly tripled and the party reached the height of its popularity. Many key CPGB members served as leaders of Britain's tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Government, 1922–1924
The Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Government of the Interwar Britain, United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards). The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister by King George V. Cabinets Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923 *Bonar Law – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons *George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave – Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain *James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster *Stanley Baldwin – Chancellor of the Exchequer *William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department *George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hutchison (Scottish Politician)
William Hutchison (''c.''1870 – 1 May 1924) was a Glasgow solicitor who served as a Unionist Member of Parliament for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1922 until his death. He had previously contested the Glasgow Bridgeton constituency as a Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza .... References * External links * 1870s births 1924 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Secretary To The Ministry Of Health For Scotland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post (of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State rank) in the Government of the United Kingdom, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland. The post is also known as Deputy Secretary of State for Scotland. History The post was first established as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland in 1919, before becoming the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926. Additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary posts were added in 1940 and 1951, and a Minister of State post was established in 1951. In 1969–70, one of the Under-Secretary posts was replaced by an additional Minister of State. From 1974 to 1979, there were two Ministers of State and three Under-Secretaries, reverting to one Minister of State in 1979. In 1997, the second Minister of State post was reinstated, and a fourth Under-Secretary post was briefly added from August 1998. Following devolution in 1999, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
