1928_Aberdeen_North_by-election

1928 Aberdeen North by-election

1928 Aberdeen North by-election

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The 1928 Aberdeen North by-election was held on Thursday, 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][2] The by-election was one of the first elections in the UK 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,[3] who had been the Labour candidate in the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election.

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  1. [1]
    "North Aberdeen result". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  3. [3]
    Fraser, W.H.; Lee, C.H. (2000). Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History. Tuckwell Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781862321083. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. [4]
    The Times, 18 August 1928


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