MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
STRIKING LABOUR GAINS,
(Received 3rd November, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 2nd' November. A review of the municipal elections shows Labour gains in fifty large towns, including eight in Birmingham, seven in Manchester, and six in Liverpool. Mr. Herbert Smith was elected for Barnsley. The position is shown by the following table, giving the number of candidates offered, the number returned unopposed, and the number elected at the polls:— Party. Cand. Unopp. El'ct'd. Labour 807 55 350 Conservative 569 99 338 Liberal ... 291 . 48 115 Independent : 194 43 95
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 108, 3 November 1926, Page 7
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89MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 108, 3 November 1926, Page 7
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