Rob McInroy - An Odious Campaign

The 1936 Ross and Cromarty by-election was intended to return Malcolm MacDonald to parliament after his surprise defeat in the previous year’s General Election. Enraged by this attempt to foist a former Labour MP on them, local Liberals and Unionists both fielded independent candidates. The Unionists’ choice, Randolph Churchill, proved explosive, and so began “an odious campaign”. 
Rob McInroy tells the story of one of the most astonishing by-elections in British history - with the death of the king, a candidate being hospitalised, the worst winter in a generation, rampaging deer, car crashes galore, and candidates coming close to being run out of town.

Rob McInroy is an award-winning short story writer and historical novelist from Perthshire where most of his work is set. Rich in historical detail, An Odious Campaign, immerses the reader in pre-war and wartime Scotland.