BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 288, 5 December 1910, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

■ THE FIRST POLLS. 123 SEATS DECIDED. LIBERAL WINS IN LANCASHIRE BONAR LAW DEFEATED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) LONDON. December 3. The polling for the general election in the United Kingdom commenced yesterday, when voting took place in 55 borough constituencies. In view of the great issues at stake, it was expected that the polling would be heavy, and this expectation was fully borne out. In nearly every constituency the polling was heavier than at the last general election. Dense, eager crowds awaited the results in many of the centres in London, despite a drizzling rain, until long after midnight. As far as the complete polling returns have gone, and including those members who have been returned unopposed, the results up to the present are as follow: — Unionists 62 Liberals 56 Nationalists 5 The polling was as follows:— ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (Unionist gain}. — Aitken (U.) 4044 A. H. Scott (L.) 3842 Last election: A. H. Scott (L) 4039, H. Whiteley (U.) 3746, W. Gee (Soc.) 413. BRISTOL NORTH (no change). Right Hon. A. Birrell (L.) 6410 — Magnus (U.) 5021 Last election: Birrell (L.) 6805, M. H. Woods (U.) 5459. BRISTOL EAST (no change). Right Hon. C. Hobhouse (L.) ... 7220 — Hannan (U.) 4263 Last election: Hight Hon. C. E. Hobhouse (L.) 6804, F. Sheppard (Lab.) 2255, T. H. Batten (U.) 4033. CAMBERWELL NORTH (no change). Dr. T. J. McNamara (L.) 5038 S. H. Goldsmid (U.) 4056 Last election.- McNamara (L.) 5593, Goldsmid (U.) 4511. DARLINGTON (Unionist gain). H. Pike (Pease (U.) 4881 — Maddison (L.) 4775 Last election: J. F. Lincoln (L) 4815, H. Pike Pease (U.) 4786. EXETER (Liberal gain). — Saintman (L.) 5786 H. E. Duke (U.) 4782 Last election: H. E. Duke (U.) 4092, H. St. Maur (L) 4876. GRIMSBY (Unionist gain). Sir Geo. Doughty (U.y> _ 7903 T. H. Wing (L) 7205 Last election: T. H. Wing (L.) 7772, Sir G. Doughty (U.) 7450. KING'S LYNN (Unionist gain). — Ingleby (U.) 1765 T. G. Bowles . (Ind. F.T.) 1665 Last election: T. Gibson-Bowles (Ind. F.T.), 1900; Hon. E. Cadogan (U.), 1638. MANCHESTER N.W. (no change). Sir G. Kemp (L.) 5550 A. Bonar Law (U.) 5114 Last election: Kemp (L.), 5930; W. Joynson-Hicks (U.), 5147. MANCHESTER S.W. (Liberal gain). C. T. Needham (L.) 3590 A. Colefax (U.) 3331 Last election: A. Colefax (U.), 3111; : C. T. Needham (L). 3004; J. McLachlan, (Lab., 1218. NEWINGTON WEST (no change), j Captain C. Norton (L.) 4038 W. Brookes (U.) 2498 Last election: Norton (L), 4350; Brookes (U.), 3928. PECKHAM (Liberal gain). A. Richardson (L.) 5027 H. C Gooch (U.) 4986 Last election: Gooch (U.), 5330; J Richardson (L.), 5247. ROCHESTER (Liberal gain). E. H. Lamb (L.) 2609 S. F. Ridley (U.) 2456 Last election: Ridley (U.), 2675; Lamb (L.), 2543. READING (no change). Sir Rufus Isaacs, K.C. (L) 5094 — Wilson (U.) 4995 Last election: Isaacs (L.), 5264 ; Major Renton (U.), 5057. SALFORD SOUTH (Unionist gain). C. A. M. Barlow (U.) 3660 — Russell (L.) 343 D Last election: H. Belloc (L.). 3952; C. A. M. Barlow (U.), 3636. WARRINGTON (Unionist gain). Harold Smith (U.) 5102 A. H. Crosfield (L.) 4910 Last election: Crosfield (L.), 525 C; Pierpoint (U.), 5103. WIG AN (Unionist gain). R. J. Neville (U.) 4673 H. Twist (Lab.) 4110 Last election: H. Twist (Lab.), 4803;, IR. J. Neville (U.), 4293. j WEST HAM, NORTH (No change). C F. G. Masterman (L.) 6657 — Wild (U.) 5760 Last election: C F. Masterman (L), 7023; E. Gray (U.), 6133. UNOPPOSED RETURNS. BARNSLEY (no change). J. Walton (L.) Last election: J. Walton (L.) 12,425, A. W. Groser (TJ.) 5053. Liberal majority 7372.

Rt. Hon. Sir E. Carson. (U.). Rt Hon. J. H. Campbell (U). Last election: Carson and Campbell returned unopposed. KENT EAST (no change). Rt. Hon. A. Akera-Douglas (U.). Last election: Akers-Douglas 9500, R. T. Lang (L.) 4114. Unionist majority 5386. OXFORD UNIVERSITY (no change). Lord Hugh Cecil (Unionist). Sir W. W. R. Anson (Unionist). Last election: Cecil and Anson returned unopposed. SOMERSET WEST (no change). Rt. Hon. Sir A. F. Acland-Hood (U.) Last election: Acland-Hood (U.) 5216, W. KiDg (L.) 4150. Unionist majority 1066. WANSBECK (no change). Chas. Fenwick (L.). Last election: C. Fenwick (L) 10,872, C. Percy (U-) 4650. Liberal majority 6222. WATERFORD (no change). J. Redmond (N.) Last election: J. Redmond returned unopposed. WIMBLEDON (no change). Rt. Hon. Henry Chaplin (U.). Last election: Chaplin (U.) A. L. Holland (L.) 8930. Unionist rity 5515. PARTY GAINS. So far the Liberals have won five seats from the Unionists, while the latter have captured seven Liberal strongholds. The liberal gains are:— Manchester North-west. Exeter. Manchester South-west. Rochester. Peckham. The Unionist gains are: — Ashton-under-Lyne. Darlington, Grimsby. King's Lynn. Salford South. Warrington. Wigan. The defeat of Mr. A. Bonar Law, a leading Unionist, for N.W. Manchester, is one of the most striking features of the present returns. Mr. Law deserted his old scat of Dulwich Hill to fight Sir Geo. Kemp, the sitting member for the seat, but he lost by 445. against a majority of 083 last election, when Mr. Joynson Hicks, conqueror of Churchill, was the Unionist candidate.