BOTHWELL. BY-ELECTION
' reasons for, labour victory. London, March 28. The Labour victory in the Bothwell by-election is ascribed to the strong feeling against any reduction of miners’ wages as suggested by the Coal Commission’s report, as the constituency is a Vnining one. The Liberal candidate (Mr. E. Young) forfeited his deposit. The big drop in the Conservative poll is attributed to many Conservatives abstaining from voting owing to Labour’s strength. . The new member (Mr. I. Sullivan) once represented North Lanark. —Reuter,
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 157, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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