BRITONS GO TO POLLS

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27669, 27 May 1955, Page 13

BRITONS GO TO POLLS

Fears Of Light Vote (NJS. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, May 26. Polling began quietly all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland this morning in an election to choose Britain’s new Parliament. The Parliament, which will have five more seats than the old House of Commons because of a redivision of electoral boundaries, will be Britain’s fourth since the war. It will also be the first elected in the reign of Queen Elizabeth H. As early morning workers went into booths to cast their votes on whether the Conservatives or Labour will govern them for the next five years, there were grave fears amon** party leaders that the poll might not be as large as hoped. Voting is not compulsory in Britain and with the .possibility of thunder showers spreading from southern England and M ales to most other parts of the country towards evening, party organisers—Labour organisers particularly are apprehensive on how many of the nation’s 34,852,471 eligible voters will stay away from the booths.