The Labour Party's candidate was Hector McNeil, a journalist and trade unionist and former councillor from Glasgow who had contested four previous parliamentary elections. He was elected unopposed as no other candidates were nominated in Greenock: the parties in the war-time Coalition Government had agreed not to contest vacancies in seats held by other coalition parties (although some by-elections were contested by independent candidates or those from minor parties).
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