LOST BY GOVERNMENT
LABOUR WINS EDGEHILL TOO 4
A MINISTERIAL "PROCESSION..".
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ABSOCIATIBN.> LONDON, 7th March. The Edgehill (Liverpool) by-election resulted :— • J. H. Hayes (Lab.) 10,300 J. W. Hills (Con.) 9,250 Mr. Hayes is general secretary of the Police and Prison Officers' Union, and was prominent in the London police strike during the war. Newspapers of all shades of opinion emphasise the sensation of his victory, following the other Government defeats. It is the only topic in the lobbies, where the Conservatives do not attempt to conceal their consternation.
At the General Election last November, Sir Watson, Rutherford won the Edgehill seat, defeating Mr. Hayes by 14.186 votes to 9520.
Major Hills was defeated for the Durham seat at the General Election by Mr. J. llitson, the Labour candidate, who polled 14,068 votes to 11,396. This is the third consecutive Government; defeat in by-elections within less than a week. Labour won two out of the three seats. The defeated ex-Min-isters are Major Hills, Colonel Stanley, and Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen: Col onel Stanley was defeated for East Wilfesden by Mr. Herbert Johnstone, the Liberal candidate.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 57, 8 March 1923, Page 7
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