MAJORITY NOW SIX
RESULT OF POSTPONED POLL LONDON, March 9. The Conservative candidate won the Moss Side Division of Manchester at the postponed general election poll, reducing Labour’s overall majority to six. - The voting was: Miss Florence Horsbrugh (Conservative) 25,347, R. W. Casasola (Labour) 16,769, E. P. Atkin (Liberal) 2607. Conservative majority, 8578. Miss Horsbrugh’s win represents a Conservative gain from Labour, which captured the seat from the Conservatives in 1945. The Liberal candidate lost his deposit.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 125, 11 March 1950, Page 5
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