The Scottish Prohibition Party was a minor Scottish

Scotland

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 political party

Political party

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 which advocated alcohol prohibition.

The party was founded in 1901. In its early years, Bob Stewart acted as the party's full-time organiser. In 1908, Stewart and Edwin Scrymgeour

Edwin Scrymgeour

Edwin Scrymgeour , was a Member of Parliament for Dundee, Scotland. He is the only person ever elected to the House of Commons on a prohibitionist ticket as the candidate of the Scottish Prohibition Party....

 was elected to Dundee

Dundee

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 Town Council.

From the January 1910 UK general election onwards, Scrymgeour stood for the party in the Dundee constituency

Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)

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. Stewart acted as his election agent

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 in 1910, but fell out with him over his religiosity. He led a Marxist split, the Prohibition and Reform Party. This survived until 1920, when it merged into the Communist Party of Great Britain

Communist Party of Great Britain

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He was finally elected in 1922, when he defeated Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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. In Parliament, on issues other than prohibition, he generally supported the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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Scrymgeour lost his seat at the 1931 UK general election. The party was disbanded in 1935, against the wishes of Scrymgeour.