1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

The Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election of 7 November 1963 was a by-election to the House of Commons. It was unique among by-elections since 1918 in that one of the candidates was the sitting Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home; he was nominated for the constituency after disclaiming a peerage, as he felt he needed to be a member of the Commons rather than the House of Lords during his premiership. Douglas-Home won the election.

Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
7 November 1963 (1963-11-07)
The Kinross and Western Perthshire seat in the House of Commons.
Elected by simple majority using first past the post.
Triggered by death of incumbent
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Alec Douglas-Home Alistair Duncan Millar Andrew Forrester
Party Unionist Liberal Labour
Popular vote 14,147 4,819 3,752
Percentage 57.4% 19.5% 15.2%
Swing 10.8% New 1.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Arthur Donaldson Ian Smith Willie Rushton
Party SNP Ind. Unionist Independent
Popular vote 1,801 78 45
Percentage 7.3% 0.3% 0.2%
Swing 7.7% New New
  Seventh party
 
Candidate Richard Wort
Party Ind. Conservative
Popular vote 23
Percentage 0.1%
Swing New
MP before election

Gilmour Leburn
Unionist

 Subsequent MP

Alec Douglas-Home
Unionist

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