1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election

The vacancy was caused by the resignation in January 1943[1] of the constituency's Unionist MP, John Colville, to take up the post of Governor of Bombay.The Unionist Party nominated Sir David King Murray, the Solicitor General for Scotland, who may have expected to be returned unopposed.[2] A week after the by-election, Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels cited Common Wealth's strong showing as evidence of a communist resurgence in Britain.Making his famous 'total war' speech to an audience of Nazi loyalists in Berlin's Sportpalast, Goebbels said: "In a recent by-election for the House of Commons, the independent, that is communist, candidate got 10,741 of the 22,371 votes cast.King Murray held the seat only until the post-war general election in July 1945, when he stood down to be a Senator of the College of Justice and a Lord of Session.
by-electionScotlandMember of ParliamentHouse of CommonsconstituencyMidlothian and Peebles NorthernCommon Wealth PartyUnionistJohn ColvilleGovernor of Bombay1929 general electionWorld War IICoalition GovernmentSir David King MurraySolicitor General for ScotlandLabourLiberalNational LiberalTom Wintringham1935 general electionLabour PartyDavid King MurrayCommon WealthTurnoutgeneral election in July 1945Senator of the College of JusticeLord of SessionAldershotdepositHouse of Commons LibraryCraig, F. W. S.The London GazetteList of United Kingdom by-elections1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-electionBy-elections37th Parliament of the United KingdomCombined Scottish UniversitiesRoss and CromartyDunbartonshireLlanelliPeckhamBalham and TootingEast GrinsteadBirmingham ErdingtonClay CrossPrestonGreenockSt Pancras NorthManchester GortonOxford UniversityRichmond-upon-ThamesCombined English UniversitiesTonbridgeFarnhamStalybridge and HydeWandsworth CentralBirmingham WestGlasgow HillheadBuckinghamPlymouth DrakeCheltenhamHemel HempsteadHolland with BostonBewdleyIlfordSt IvesKingston-upon-ThamesChertseyNorth DorsetGlasgow SpringburnIslington NorthHastingsFarnworthPontypriddIpswichCity of LondonFulham WestLichfieldAylesburyWest DerbyshireStaffordBarnsleyWillesden EastOxfordDartfordWalsallBridgwaterDoncasterLewisham WestKinross and Western PerthshireEast NorfolkHoldernessBatley and MorleyKincardineshire and Western AberdeenshireSouth AyrshireSheffield HallamWestminster AbbeyBirmingham AstonSouthwark NorthKenningtonCaerphillyPortsmouth SouthNorth CornwallMonmouthColne ValleyBrecon and RadnorshireFarehamHigh PeakClackmannanshire and East StirlingshireOrmskirkAshton-under-LyneMacclesfieldStreathamStretfordSouthamptonSwansea EastBelfast EastSouthwark CentralSilvertownCambridge UniversityKetteringCity of ChesterLeeds North EastArgyllshireLonsdaleBattersea NorthGlasgow PollokBrightonEast RenfrewshireMiddleton and PrestwichSpen ValleyNewcastle NorthBow and BromleyCroydon NorthBournemouthNewcastle WestMontrose BurghsNottingham CentralRochdaleWansbeckMiddlesbrough WestMitchamHeywood and RadcliffeBoltonManchester ExchangeQueen's University of BelfastNorthamptonBirmingham EdgbastonSouth DorsetPetersfieldHitchinBodminCarmarthenGreat YarmouthWest BromwichMansfieldBirmingham King's NortonHornseyWest DorsetEdinburgh WestDudleyPontefractBerwick-upon-TweedScarborough and WhitbyThe WrekinLancasterHampsteadHarrowEdinburgh CentralNorth East DerbyshireKeighleyNuneatonNewcastle-under-LymeGranthamTavistockCardiff EastGlasgow CathcartWallaseyPutneyChichesterLlandaff and BarryMaldonWindsorSalisburySpennymoorRothwellWhitechapel and St GeorgesPoplar SouthSheffield ParkManchester ClaytonHamiltonUniversity of WalesBelfast WestAshfordAntrimKing's LynnPortsmouth NorthBristol CentralWatfordEddisburyDaventryThe HartlepoolsNewarkBurton-on-TrentChippenhamSt AlbansPeterboroughWoolwich WestConsettDarwenSkiptonKirkcaldy BurghsSheffield AttercliffeBury St EdmundsCamberwell NorthManchester RusholmeBilstonChelseaMotherwellChelmsfordCaernarvon BoroughsNewport1801–18061806–18181818–18321832–18471847–18571857–18681868–18851885–19001900–19181918–19311931–19501950–19791979–20102010–presentHereditary peersHouse of Commons of the United KingdomEdinburgh and St Andrews UniversitiesNorth East LanarkshireOrkney and ShetlandEast PerthshireSt Andrews BurghsAyr BurghsButeshireElgin BurghsEast AberdeenshireAberdeen SouthBanffshireKincardineshireDundeeStirling BurghsForfarshireGlasgow CentralEdinburgh SouthHawick BurghsEdinburgh EastDumfries BurghsGlasgow TradestonKilmarnock BurghsNorth AyrshireGlasgow St RolloxMidlothianLinlithgowshireWick BurghsSouth LanarkshireLeith BurghsEast FifeWigtownshireBerwickshireInverness-shireWest PerthshireAberdeenshire and Kincardineshire CentralPaisleyArgyllEdinburgh NorthInvernessMoray and NairnGlasgow KelvingroveGallowayAberdeen NorthKilmarnockGlasgow ShettlestonRutherglenDumfriesshireGlasgow BridgetonGlasgow CamlachieGlasgow GorbalsStirling and Falkirk