1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election

It is notable as the first election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to be contested by a candidate for a Scottish nationalist party.The vacancy was caused by the death in December 1928[1] of the constituency's Unionist MP, Sir George Hutchison.The Conservatives nominated the industrialist John Colville, who had been the National Liberal candidate for Motherwell in 1922.At the general election on 30 May 1929, Colville won the seat, and although Clarke stood again in 1931, the by-election victory was his last electoral success.Colville held the seat for fourteen years, holding a variety of ministerial posts, and left Parliament in 1943 to become Governor of Bombay, triggering another by-election.
by-electionScotlandMember of ParliamentHouse of CommonsconstituencyMidlothian and Peebles NorthernParliament of the United KingdomScottish nationalistUnionistSir George HutchisonGeneral election 1924ConservativeGeorge HutchisonLabourAndrew ClarkeTurnoutLabour PartyJohn ColvilleNational LiberalMotherwellDavid Edwin KeirUniversity of EdinburghLewis SpenceNational Party of ScotlanddepositLiberalNational (Scotland)general election on 30 May 1929Governor of Bombayanother by-electionBaron ClydesmuirCraig, F. W. S.The London GazetteList of United Kingdom by-elections1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-electionBy-elections34th Parliament of the United KingdomDundeeWalsallAyr BurghsEastbourneOldhamForest of DeanStockportGallowayBury St EdmundsDunbartonshireEast RenfrewshireCambridge UniversityDarlingtonCombined English UniversitiesBothwellEast Ham NorthBuckroseHammersmith NorthWallsendNorth CumberlandHowdenshireKingston-upon-Hull CentralChelmsfordSmethwickStourbridgeSouthwark NorthCombined Scottish UniversitiesBosworthWestburyBrixtonSouthendCanterburyNorthamptonFavershamBristol WestLancasterIlfordSt IvesMiddlesbrough WestLinlithgowshireHanleySt MaryleboneCarmarthenHolbornHalifaxSheffield HallamAberdeen NorthCheltenhamTavistockAshton-under-LyneLondonderryBattersea SouthBishop AucklandWansbeckLiverpool East ToxtethEddisburyHolland with BostonNorth Lanarkshire1801–18061806–18181818–18321832–18471847–18571857–18681868–18851885–19001900–19181918–19311931–19501950–19791979–20102010–presentHereditary peersHouse of Commons of the United KingdomEdinburgh and St Andrews UniversitiesNorth East LanarkshireOrkney and ShetlandEast PerthshireArgyllshireSt Andrews BurghsButeshireElgin BurghsEast AberdeenshireAberdeen SouthBanffshireKincardineshireStirling BurghsMontrose BurghsForfarshireGlasgow CentralEdinburgh SouthHawick BurghsEdinburgh EastEdinburgh WestDumfries BurghsRoss and CromartyGlasgow TradestonKilmarnock BurghsNorth AyrshireGlasgow St RolloxMidlothianWick BurghsSouth LanarkshireLeith BurghsEast FifeWigtownshireBerwickshireInverness-shireWest PerthshireAberdeenshire and Kincardineshire CentralPaisleyArgyllEdinburgh NorthKirkcaldy BurghsGlasgow PollokInvernessMoray and NairnGlasgow KelvingroveKilmarnockGlasgow ShettlestonRutherglenDumfriesshireGreenockGlasgow HillheadGlasgow SpringburnKinross and Western PerthshireKincardineshire and Western AberdeenshireSouth AyrshireClackmannanshire and East StirlingshireEdinburgh CentralGlasgow CathcartHamiltonGlasgow BridgetonGlasgow CamlachieGlasgow GorbalsStirling and Falkirk