BRITISH BY-ELECTION.
o A SOCIALIST RETURNED. By Telegraph,— Viesa Association. — Copyright. (Received July 20, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 19th July. The by-election for tho Colno Valley division of Yorkshire resulted — Grayson (Socialist) 3648 Bright (Liberal) 3495 Wheeler (Unionist) 3227 Majority for Grayson ... 153
Tha vacancy occurred through the elevation to the peerage of Sir James Kitson, who had represented tho division for many years. At the last general election the I ' sitting member was unopposed, but at tho 1900 poll the Consarvative candidate was boaten by only 523 votes in a straight-out contest, whereas now the Unionist has secured less than a third of the total votes polled.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 18, 20 July 1907, Page 5
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