1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
Votes

1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative and Unionist Party	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	14,147	57.4	10.8

Liberal	Alistair Duncan Millar	4,819	19.5	N/A

Labour	Andrew Forrester	3,752	15.2	1.6

SNP	Arthur Donaldson	1,801	7.3	7.7

Independent Unionist	Ian Smith	78	0.3	N/A

Independent	Willie Rushton	45	0.2	N/A

Light and Dark Blue Conservative Party	Richard Wort	23	0.1	N/A

Majority	9,328	37.9	13.5

Turnout	24,665	76.1	+5.1

Conservative hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Douglas-Home won with a majority of 9,328 votes.

final_sentence: Douglas-Home won with a majority of 9,328 votes.