BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

GOVERNMENT LEAD OF 20. SMALL POLLINGS, AND ELECTORS . INDIFFERENTOPPOSITION'S BEST DAY. By Tolccraph -Press AEs-jciaUon-CoDyrlEbt (Rec. December.9, 10.45 p.m.) London, December 9. Another batch' of 55 members has been returned to-day at the elections, 30 of them being supporters of the : Government, and 25 Unionists. This brings 1 the total of members elected up to 408, results being still to come from. 262 constituencies. The Government lead of yesterday of 15 over the Opposition has now been increased to 20. The day is considered to be the best tho Unionists have so far had. jthe position of parlies is now as follows, tho number of members in each part of the Kingdom being shown in parentheses i— Government. Unionist. England (465) .'..... 135 176 Wales (30) 1G 1 Scotland (72) 23 6 Ireland (103) 40 11 .■"'.'.'■'■ 214 ' 194. The Government supporters in Ire- ;■ land now consist of: Redmondites ;...; 35 O'Brienites ~.' 5 • ,■■.'.;. ~10 ' POLLING ANALYSED, GOOD DAY FOR THE UNIONISTS. BOROUGH ELECTIONS OVER. London, December 8. Pollings in the majority of boroughs close to-day. ■ .. • ■ ' . .Yesterday's was the best of the Unionist results to date; They held their own in Sheffield. Sir H. Seymour King's majority at .Central Hull ■increased; and the Liberal majorities in the other divisions of Hull decreased: Chester was easily held hy Mr. R. Yerburgli. ' '.' The Unionist vote in London,amounts to 270,034, and the Ministerial vote to 243,774; but London's sixty-two seats are equally divided between the Liberals and Unionists. ■ ; Tho Liberal majority at Eccles, SouthEast Lancashire, . increased from 411 to 791, but the Unionist poll was a thousand above Janaury's. The Liberal majority :at . Accrington,, North-East Lancashire, decreased from 2513 to 791. The decreased polls elsewhere were due to indifference •of electors outside the ranks of keen politicians, and to the oldness of -the register. Unionist majorities increased in Liverpool and neigh- 1 bourhood, which continues their traditional opposition. .'"•'". ■ ■ ■ ■ : : >-...- All the Liberal majorities at Manchester were narrow', and dependent on the Irish i vote. The following details of the results, in different constituencies are to hand; — ' j: PARTY CAINS. ■• ••■;•-''■'" LIBERAL.'"" " ■""■"■'■;' " RADNORSHIRE.. Sir -P.-Edwards" (L.) ..,"..'..;..'.,,,." 2'224~ *Mr. ;C. lV- ,D; '■ VenablesLlewelyn (U.) ~.........'......, 2,182 . Liberal majority ~...:....„ 42 [January result: Unionist .majority; 14. ' Seat Liberal in 1892, Unionist' in 1895, Liberal in 1900 and 1906.] BEDFORD. 'Mr. Kellaway (L.) ;■ _:, 2,773 *Mr. W. Attenborough (U.) >..... 2,754 ■, . Liberal majority. ...... . ■ 19 result: Unionist majority, 169- Seat, Liberal in 1892. Unionist in 1895 and 1900, and Liberal in 1906.] \ UNIONIST. CUMBERLAND N.-ESKDALE. :Mr. Claude Lowther (U.) ....„ 4 581 *Hon. G. Howard (L.) ..' 4,211 Unionist majority 370 [January result: Liberal majority, 34. Seat, Liberal in 1892 and 1895 Conservative in 1900, and Liberal in 1906.] UNCHANGED. DUNDEE. • RETURNS TOO MEMBERS. *Rignt Hon. W. S. Churchill (L.) 9 240 •Mr...A; Wilkie (Lab.) w .. 8 957 Mr.-Baxter (U.)-.;..' ''.5,685 Mr. J. S. Lloyd (U.) 4,914 Mr. E. ■ Scrynigeour (Prohibitionist). , ..„, i jß 2s Lib. maj. over U. '..«i 3,555 Lab. maj. over U 3,272 [January .result: Liberal majority 6915; Labour majority, 6026. Seats Liberal in 1892, 1895, and 1900; Liberal and Labour 1906.] ■ . " GLASGOW-ST. ROLLOX. I *Mr. T. M'Kinnon Wood (L.).... 9,291 !, Mr. A. R. Chamberlayne' (U.) 7,374 Liberal majority „.. _ 1 917 [January result: ■ Liberal majoritv 3198. Seat, Liberal-in 1892, Conservai tive in 1895 and 1900, Liberal in 1906.] LANCASHIRE, S.E.—MIDDLETON. "Mr. W. R. Adkins (L.) 7,071 Professor Hewens (U.) _• 6^284 Liberal majority „ 787 [January result: Liberal majoritv 1403. Seat', Liberal in 1892, Unionist in 1895 and 1900, Liberal in 1906.] IPSWICH. *Sir F. D. Goddard (L.)— returned unopposed. -. PONTEFRACT. 'Sir T. Willans Nussey (L.). [Liberal majority of 409 in January reduced to 52.] ;' STOCKTON. *Mr. Jonathan Samuel (L.). [Liberal majority, of 1113 in January reduced to 670.] GLASGOW-BRIDGETON. ■ •Mr.'.J.'W; Cleland (L.), [Liberal majority reduced, from 1797 in January to 949.] YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING, N.ELLAND. •Mr. C.'P. Trevelyan (L.) 6,613 Mr. G. T. Ramsden (U.) ....._ 4,549. Liberal majority „ 2,064 [January result: Liberal majority; 2783. . Seat, consistently Liberal since 1392.] '

I SOUTHAMPTON. Returns Two Members. ' "Colonel Ivor Phillips (L.). *Mr. W. Dudley AVard'(L.). [No figures supplied, but.Liberal majorities stated to be smaller than in January.] UNIONISTS. glasgow-camlachie! , *Mr. H. J. Mackinder (U.)i [No details supplied, but Unionist lead of 434 in January stated to have decreased.] GLASGOW-CENTRAL. : *Mr. C. Scott Dickson, K.C. (U.). [No details supplied, but Unionist lead of 655 in January stated to have been increased.] BERKSHIRE, N.-ABINGDON. "Major H. G. Henderson (U.).. [Unionist lead of 1053 in January increased to 1349.] CHESTER. ?Mr. Robert Yerburg (U.) [No details; but. an easy win.] I /'HULL-CENTRAL. I 'Sir H. Seymour-King (U.) [No details, but 'majority" stated to have increased as compared with January,] NATIONALIST. CLARE—WEST. *Mr. Arthur Lynch (Nat.)—returned unopposed. [January result: Mr. Lynch returned unopposed. Seat, Parnellite in 1892, Anti-Parnellite in 1895, and Nationalist since then.] INDEPENDENT NATipNALIST. CORK COUNTY—NORTH-EAST. Moreson Frewen. (O'Brienito)—returned unopposed. i4yjM nuary result: . l n3. Nat. majority, : ."Sitting members.'. . . " ■" PREMIER'S HOME RULE PLEDGE. IRISH SATISFACTION. London, December 8. • The "Irish Independent"' is satisfied with what it calls Mr. Asquith's unambiguous ■ pledge on. the' subject of Home Rule. MR. REDMOND'S VIEWS. LORDS WILL.COME TO TERMS. (Rec. December 9, 10.45 p.m.) London, December 9. Mr. Redmond, the Nationalist leador, in a speech at Dublin said Mr. Asquith'a Albert Hall speech implied the concession to Ireland of full self-gov-ernment in all Irish affairs. Tho elections had already killed the Lords' veto. -...." ■ . It .might bo ■-.conceivable that it would.t'ake two. or three -. 'years;-to pass Homo Rule. -His own opinion.was that as. soon as the Veto Bill was passed the Lords would come to "terms. MIXED ISSUES. ". MR.. ASQUITH REPLIES TO A , • HECKLER.

London, December 8. ■•' Afr':the\"Ne'wpdrt' l! 'meet'ihg'' l a heckler asked Mr. Asquith: "If"£he Lords are the dominant issuo to-day, wliaf;measures, will the, Government provide for ascertaining - the electors' -approval ■• of' Homo Rule?" , ...;.'.

Mr. Asquith replied: • "The electors know exactly what measures are likely to bo carried if tho Liberals are successful."- , NO DETAILS AVAILABLE.. (Rec. December 9, 10.45 p.m.]) , London, December p. Mr. Asquith, at East Fife, in reply to further heckling said he. was,,unablo '.at.this stage ,to. give ;de;tails of,the pro--1 jeeted measure of Home Rule..'..: A DUKE ON THE LORDS. THE REFORM THAT IS NEEDED. London, December 8. The Duke of Devonshire, in supporting the Conservative candidate at LanI cashire, said that whatever tho result of the election, no party would have a sufficient majority for nine subjects out of ten. ; . The House of Lords needed reform, said his Grace, but what was wanted was a Second Chamber,' subordinate to the Commons on finance matters, doing its duty to prevent hasty legislation; A FRIEND FROM MONTE CARLO. MR. LAWSON SAVED. London, December 8. One of the supporters of the Hon.- H. Lawson—who was re-elected for Mile End by a majority of two—travelled especially from Monte ; Carlo, in tho South of Franco, in order to record his vote.