IMPERIAL POLITICS
PLURAL VOTING BILL. SECOND READING MAJORITY,..B7, LONDON, May 1, • Mr .J. B. Kebty-Fletcher, Unionist member for the Altrincham Division of Cheshire, has resigned owing; to iH-health, [This is the member who publicly repeated a question lie had asked in tbe House of Commons concerning Mr Lloyd. George’s Stock Exchange investments,] May 2. Mr F. E. Smith's amendment to'reject tie Plural Voting Bill was negatived by 314 to 237. Tho Bill was then read a second time. [A Bill for the abolition of Plnral Voting was carried by large majorities in the House of Commons some years 'ago,, but thrown out by the House of Lords. The Tories have gained more than one by-elec-tion through the pouring .into a constitnency of “out-voters.”]
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Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 5
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123IMPERIAL POLITICS Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 5
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