1929 Kilmarnock by-election
The first Scottish by-election since the general election in May 1929, it was won by the Labour Party candidate Craigie Aitchison.The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Robert Climie had died at the age of 61 on 3 October 1929.The Labour Party candidate was 47-year-old Craigie Aitchison KC, who had been the Lord Advocate of Scotland since June 1929.He had contested the 1924 general election as a Labour candidate in The Hartlepools, and in May 1929 came within a small margin of winning the Unionist-held Glasgow Central seat.The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Craigie Aitchison, who held the seat with an increased share of the vote.