1948 Paisley by-election

1948 Paisley by-election

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Douglas Johnston	27,213	56.8	+1.2

Independent Nationalist	John MacCormick	20,668	43.2	N/A

Majority	6,545	13.7	9.1

Turnout	47,881

Labour hold	Swing

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The 1948 Paisley by-election was a fight between Douglas Johnston, representing Labour, and John MacCormick, who was a nationalist candidate, with Johnston emerging the winner by 6,545 votes: Johnston received 27,213 votes to McCormick's 20,668.

final_sentence: The 1948 Paisley by-election was a fight between Douglas Johnston, representing Labour, and John MacCormick, who was a nationalist candidate, with Johnston emerging the winner by 6,545 votes: Johnston received 27,213 votes to McCormick's 20,668.