SOCIALISTS WIPED OUT

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 October 1931, Page 5

SOCIALISTS WIPED OUT

GOVT.’S RECORD MAJORITY MR. MACDONALD’S EASY WIN All red leaders defeated [official wireless.]

RUGBY, October 28. It is now clear that when Parliament re-assembles, the Government will have a majority larger than any of its predecessors in the present century. Exceptionally heavy polling and overwhelming majorities were striking features of the election. In the constituencies in which results are declared about 76 per cent, of the electorate voted, which considerably exceeds the percentage at last election, despite the fact that on that occasion there were many more candidates in the field. The whole character of Parliamentary representation of the large northern manufacturing cities has changed. In Sheffield, all the six seats turned over from Labour to the Government (Conservative). Labour hold only one of Liverpool’s eleven seats. All ten Manchester seats returned Government Conservatives. Five former Labour members were dislodged. In Birmingham, Government Conservatives won all twelve seats and gained six from Labour. In London .38 results have been declared, and only four former Labour members held their seats. Government candidates won eighteen from Labour.

The only ex-Labour Ministers returned among last night’s results were George Lansbury and Sir Stafford Cripps. Of the few Communists, who stood all with one exception, forfeit £l5O deposit paid on nomination, as the result of the failure to obtain one-eighth of the votes polled. The results of polling in the County constituencies declared in the early afternoon displayed the same strong tendency to support the National Government, as shown by last night’s declarations. Of the 142 results declared to-day, Government Conservatives had gained 36 seats from Labour; National Labour gained five seats from the Opposition Labour and National Liberals gained five seats from Labour. In the remaining 96 of these 142 constituencies, no change in representation was recorded. The National Government gained an electoral victory of unprecedented completeness. The great majority of results have now been declared, and it is apparent that when the new Parliament meets, the Government will have the support of approximately 560 members out of 615. The present state of Parties is:-r-National Government 549 Opposition .. . • 57 The Government total is composed of 470 Conservatives, 66 National Liberals, and 13 National Labour. The National gains include 207 by Conservatives, 62 by National Liberals, 13 by National Labour candidates. The remaining nine results to be declared Include some University seats and divisions in Northern Scotland.

Doubt as to the result of the Prime Minister’s fight to retain his seat was resolved this afternoon when the poll was declared at Seaham Harbour Showing a substantial majority for him. Before the declaration the Prime Minister left Seaham by hir to attend urgent business in London. He received a great reception from the large crowd on his arrival at Downing Street. The Prime Minister has issued a ■ —’’□BSr MESSAGE TO THE NATION in which, after thanking the millions of all parties who supported the National Government at the polls, and subordinated for the moment party feelings to national needs he says:— “The majority is as unique as it is gratifying, and must convince the whole world that when Britain calls for assistance, willing hands and devoted minds will always respond heartily. The very emphasis of the response is embarrassing, but I appeal for forbearance, as well as confidence. If the people see our task is difficult we will also give them ample evidence that the Government is facing it with sincerity, and that the men who may not see eye to eye on ordinary political questions, are united, heart and soul in finding the best way to overcome the present troubles. My political friends, who have suffered such unusual reverses and especially to those of them, who with splendid faith and courage backed our appeal and helped to swell the victory, I give the assurance that our triumph will in no way mean that the interests of the working classes will be overlooked, in the performance of the task before us.” / Analysis of the returns shows that exceptionally high percentage of electorates voted, and completeness of the victory accounted for not only by combination in many constituencies of Conservative and Liberal votes, but the heavy diminution in the Labour Vote. Cabinet Ministers in the National Government were all returned. The only member of the National Government to be defeated was Mr. E. D. Simon, Parliamentary Secretary to the .Ministry of Health, who stood as National Liberal. It is thought likely that Mr. Lansbury will lead the Labour Party in the new'Parliament. Mr. Baldwin issued a statement

which says: “This is no party victory. It is an emphatic declaration in favour of national co-operation to restore the fortunes of the country. The overwhelming support given the National Government will resound throughout the world and re-establish confidence in the stability and greatness of Britain.”

Interviewed, Mr. Snowden, said: — “A great task awaits the National Government. The result of the election gives it an unanswerable right to speak and act for the nation, but not to pursue any party object. Great Britain’s position in the world would be immeasurably strengthened.” CABINET RECONSTRUCTION The Prime Minister will probably see the King to-morrow, before the meeting of the old Cabinet; He is expected to consult Mr. Baldwin and Sir H. Samuel. The reconstructed Cabinet will not be limited in members as the former for the emergency in August. •

Parliament meets next Tuesday, and after the formal preliminaries will be opened by the King on November 10. There will be at least a dozen women members in the new Parliament of whom eight are newcomers. None of the former women Labour members were returned, but Lady Astor and the Duchess of Atholl are both back. There were an exceptional number of large majorities. The biggest w’as 51,000 for Sir P. Cunliffe Lister at Hendon, and smallest at Ilkeston, where the National Labour member was elected by two votes. MR MacDONALD’S TRIUMPH. [BY CABLE —PBESB ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. October 29, 1 p.m.) LONDON, October 28. The country has not yet recovered its breath at the overwhelming nature of the Labour rout. Mr Lloyd George refused to comment, and preferred to await the complete results. “Tired but. triumphant,” about describes Mr MacDonald, entering No. 10 Downing Street, flushed with the news that he had won Seaham. He said that the nation had shown it was not going.to stand any humbug about putting its finances in order. The Conservatives now have a clear majority against any possible Opposition combination. . The final figures are the best idea of how persuasion broke down the resentment which the party machine tried to stir a week ago. Mr Thomas in drooping spirits, feared that Derby had forsaken him, but MacDonaid’s visit worked wonders and turned the currents to success. The family gift of impressiveness enabled Malcolm MacDonald to entrench himself more firmly at Bassetlaw. The Labour cup of bitterness was filled when Mr Bevin, Mr MacDonald’s chief castigator failed to hold the hitherto safe seat of Gateshead. The Clydesiders, however retained Hie picturesque extremist, Mr Maxton with a halved majority. There was throughout Britain a thrill this afternoon, at the news of Mr MacDonald’s vindication at Seaham against almost heartrendering odds. It was indeed a miracle poll.

Mr Wedgwood Benn, ex-Secretary of India, was rejected by 14,000 majority. At Aberdeen North, which had been one of the safest Labour seats since 1918, Commander Kenworthy was decisively thrown out. Mr Churchill’s majority was easily the largest in his varied political career. Brighton eclipsed all records of huge Conservative majorities. While the Duchess of Atholl and Lady Astor remain to give the House a feminine dignity, it lost a touch of gaiety and irresponsibility, personified in Ellen Wilkinson and Jennie Lee, both victims of the Nationalist avalanche. Labour, apart from unassailable strongholds, suffered a staggering crash, Edinburgh and Glasgow Nationalists winning eight seats.

It is common belief that the Cabinet will be quickly enlarged to the customary 20, with an upward reshuffling owing to Mr Snowden’s retirement from the Chancellorship and Mr Neville Chamberlain’s elevation thereto.

The Commons will present a strange spectacle when it re-assembles. There is just sufficient Opposition to fill the front bench,' with an overflow to the second, whereas it ■will be a problem what to do with the huge band behind the Ministry. LATEST PARTY TOTALS. . (Received October 29, 2 p.m.) LONDON, October 28. The state of parties is: — Conservatives .. . - 471 National Labour .. .. 14 National Liberal .. .. ’ 63 National Independent .. 3 Labour . . .. .. 48 Liberal .. .. .. 7 Others .. .. . • 2 Tile results of the seven remaining seats were not declared to-night. FATE OF~NOTABLES. LONDON, October 28. The morning newspapers acclaim the Nationalist victory as “one of the noblest in the history of electioneering,” stating it represents a debacle for Socialism, that Party having practically been wiped out. Even in 1906 there was no such sweep. Famous politicians, who a few months ago were the holders of Government offices in the late Socialist Ministry, have practically been annihilated. Those thus far defeated are Mr. Henderson, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Tom Shaw. Mr. Clynes, Mr. Lees Smith, Mr Pethurick Lawrence. Mr. Ammon, Sir (!. P. Trevelyan, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thurtle, Mr. .lowett. Miss Bondfield, and Mr. Bowerman. The only ex-Minis-ters thus far elected are Sir Stafford Cripps and Mr. Goo. Lansbury. Mr. Bowerman, after holding Dartford for years, lost to a Conservative, whose majority was 4314. The Labourite, Mr. Ben Smith, by a narrow margin, lost Rotherhithe, his former majority of ten thousand coming down to a minority of 130. Rev. F. W. Jowett, whom the Labourites can ill spare, was defeated at Bradford. Mr. Oliver Baldwin left Dudley for Rochester-Chatham, but he lost that seat for Labour. Finsbury supplied the first test of a National-Labour versus an official Labour candidate. The strong personality of the MacDonaldite, Mr Gipett. plus the full Conservative Party’s help, gave a thrilling victory to the Nationalists. Two Labour gains at Bolton in the 1929 election were turned into a huge majority for tho two Conservative candidates there. Mr. J. H. Thomas’s success at Derby by an increased vote was acclaimed. Mr. Edgar Wallace (Liberal) was denied the thrill of heading the poll. In Tottenham South the Conservatives increased their majority from 7538 to 33,486.

Tho devastating nature of the landslide is best illustrated by successive returns from Burslem and Bradford Central, both industrial centres which have been captured by the Conservatives after exciting contests. Mr. Lloyd George, Liberal, bit the dust in Blackley, Manchester, before a Conservative opponent. A New Party candidate figured at the bottom of the poll at Hulme, in Manchester. Lord Apsley, who worked in Australia, as a farmer emigrant, has delighted his friends by reversing the last Labour victory in a straight-out fight at Bristol Central. Tho Conservative, Mr. Cassells, K.C., had a large majority at North-West Camberwell, but. the Communist there, though at the bottom, polled 10.264 votes. Sir P. Cunliffe Lister’s majority at Hendon easily beat the earlier cabled record of 39,645, secured by a Conservative in a straight fight against Labour at Moseley, Birmingham. MR MACDONALD’S STATEMENT. (Reed. October 29, 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 28. Mr MacDonald, interviewed at Seaham, awaiting his own figures, said: — The election results are astounding. The most gratifying features are Mr Thomas’s noble win, and Sir H. Samuel’s defeat of his Conservative opponent. Nothing shows more clearly that tho election was national, and not on party issues. REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTSLONDON, October 28. Sir. J- Simon says: The result surprises only those who under-estimated the people's sanity and steadfastness. It will stand in history as the crowning proof that our democracy knows how to make short work of demagogues. Britain has saved herself and recaptured the confidence of the world by grit and common-sense. The “Evening Standard” editorially says: England’s voice will be heard throughout the world. What’s more, our purpose has been heard throughout the Empire, and will awaken a tremendous response there. The Government’s first action should be the summoning of a new Imperial Conference, not at Ottawa, but at London. Mr Bromley, chairman of the T.U.C., states: The union movement has not always been served as fully as k should have been tyy Labour politicians. The movement will immediately begin to rebuild and start the fight all over again. The “Manchester Guardian” says: — The shortest and most fraudulent campaign in our time has ended, but Mr MacDonalds tragedy is just beginning. He and the Liberals within the Government, did more completely than foreseen, the business of the Conservatives. The new House is Protectionist to the core. The electorate has been swept away by panic and fear. The campaign was carried on in a mood

of hysteria, making one tremble for most of the political leaders’ sense of proportion. MR LLOYD GEORGE. LONDON, October 28. Mr Lloyd George listened in to the election results on the wireless at Churt. He declined to make any comment until the results have been completed. He listened fbr two hours to a succession of Conservative victories, and was then ordered to bed by his doctor, who turned off the wireless.

“NEW PARTY” EXTINGUISHED. LONDON, October 28. Sir Oswald Mosley forsook the Smethwick seat, where a Conservative has drubbed the official Labourite, and he tried refuge in his wife’s electorate of Stoke-on-Trent, where he and the official Labour candidate were confounded by a strong Conservative woman candidate. LABOUR ADMISSIONS. CAUSES OF DEFEAT. LONDON, October 28. The “Daily Herald” (Labour) admits that Labour has sustained a. sweeping defeat, stating that Labour s industrial strongholds have been carried in Lancashire and Yorkshire. It attributes the result to a “National pact,” adding that Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle and Bradford have all shown a determination to aid the National reconstruction, and Birmingham has also been wholly Conservative.

Mr Clynes, after his defeat, said: — “We have been beaten by a combination of new powerful forces, including the emotional appeal that was behind the so-called National Government, and also by the power of wireless, as well as by the united hostility of the press.’ Mr Henderson’s son, William, addressing the crowds at Burnley, said: “Labour’s defeat is merely a temporary setback. The time will come when Labour will again hold sway.” THE FALLEN LEADERS. LONDON, October 28. Mr J. R. Clynes’s loss at Platting has also been a great surprise. It is already apparent, however, that Lancashire has already abandoned its traditional free trade stand, as every one of Manchester’s ten seats is now Conservative. The Conservatives gained five seats from Labour and two from the Liberals, the remainder were unchanged. Miss Bondfield’s defeat tvas remarkable. Her repeated demands in the House of Commons for huge loans for the National Insurance Fund made her regarded as the dole champion, and she was expected to retain Wallsend, which had been a Labour seat since 1922, and an important shipbuilding centre.

Mr S- Baldwin, on hearing of Mr Tillett’s defeat, said: “This is splendid!”

Mr Tillett, speaking after his defeat, said: “We are living in panic times. I hope that the new Government will be successful in saving the country in its present panic- I wish it God speed!” GOVERNMENT PRESS HAPPY. < [times cables.] LONDON, October 28. “The Times” says: “The results declared show an overwhelming victory for the National Government is already in sight. The constituencies thus far polled are those in which the prospects o£ National candidates were least hopeful. The country has delivered judgment with no uncertain voice upon the men who ran away as well as their dupes, followers and instigators. In no area except South Wales has Labour held its own. It is evident tho National Government has the electorate behind it, even more so than the Liberals had in 1906. The election has vindicated the courage of tho National Government in trusting the people to pronounce wisely upon a case which was widely exposed to attacks of ignorance and prejudice. It was not easy for the nation, struggling with unemployment, pricked by retrenchment, and bowed by taxation to resits the wiles of the demagogue, but the British democracy!) has passed a test wijth credit, due to Messrs. MacDonald. Snowden, Baldwin, Lord Grey, Sir J. Simon, Mr. Runciman and Sir H. Samuel.”

Tho “Daily Telegraph” says: ‘‘The results show as sweeping a. verdict as ever was recorded in any democratic country. It is a fulfilment of hopes founded as much on an instinctive conviction of the nation’s soundness as on tho calculations of tho experts. Mr MacDonald asked a majority to proclaim to the world tho people were resolved to set their financial house in order. The response has been overwhelming. Among the first to fall was Mr. Ben Tillett, a veteran of the Trade Union General Council, which dared Mr. MacDonald to face its power. That was startling, but it was followed by an incredible Conservative victory at Barnsley, a miners’ stronghold. After that anything might happen. Hammer blows fell one after another. The nemesis of political folly and weakness has been swift and deadly.” c RUSSIAN WHEAT. LONDON, October 28. No one forecasted Mr Alexander’s downfall at Hillsborough. He has been one of the pillars of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, and a strong advocate of the free breakfast table, under which this Society has been one of the biggest purchasers of Russian wheat.

MR THOMAS EXULTANT.LONDON, October 27Mr J, H- Thomas, at Derby, to-night said he. was seeking an opportunity to reconvene a meeting of Dominion, representatives to see if they could not make themselves more dependent on one another and less dependent on the outside world. Mr Thomas had a tumultuous reception as a crowd surged round when he left tho hall after the declaration of the poll, and they escorted him to the Market Place, where he addressed, the assemblage. He said that Derby had sent a message to the whole Empire that the Old Country was not only standing four square, but also had no room for people who ran away from their jobs. He asserted: “I have gone through Hell this last three months.” Here a voice cried: “Judas!” Mr Thomas continued: “Judas sold his Master for thirty pieces of silver, but. 1 refused to sell my conscience. Derbj’ has now given the answer.” ALBERT HALL SCENES. LONDON, October 28. There were amazing scenes throughout London when it became clear that a NatioYialist triumph was assured. Crowds at the Albert Hall cheered the announcement of Mr. Henderson’s defeat, and went wildly raving with a Union Jack and singing patriotic songs. Among outstanding election features so far is a re-birth of Liberalism, thanks to the wisdom of those Liberal leaders who disregard Mr. Lloyd George’s advice to hitch their waggon to the Labour cause. Sir H. Samuel’s majority was the biggest ever known at. Darwin. The contest there has been one of the keenest in the country. The result, was greeted with intense chee'ring. YOUTH AND AGE. LONDON, October 28. Among the election incidents reported in the press, is l one to the effect that the first voter at Ashby-De-La-Zouche was, appropriately enough, Mr John Bull. Five women centenarians voted in various parts of the country, one of the five voting for the first time. Among the freak voters was a boy aged ten years, whose name was on the register at Hull by mistake. The boj' borrowed long trousers and voted.

FRENCH PRESS COMMENTPARIS, October 28. The defeat of Mr Henderson surprised France more than any other result. “Le Matin” says: England has provided an impressive spectacle of a magnificent recovery. The election will have an enormous repercussion, world-wide. The English people have shown id determination to react strongly against the policy of disorders and waste, even in the workingclass districts. ITALIAN ESTIMATE. ROME, October 28. “Il Tevere” interprets the British election as a blow to Socialism throughout the world. It hopes that the new Government will not adhere to the Conservative tradition of favouring French hegemony in Europe. GERMAN OPINIONS.

BERLIN, October 28. “Vorwaerts” says: The class solidarity of the British bourgeois united the Conservatives and Liberals against Labour. The Nazis regard the result as a triumph for Nationalism, and predict a similar Left Wing landslide when Germany goes to the poll. Business men are alarmed at the prospect of high tariff barriers. CANADIAN OPINION. TORONTO, October 28. Sir Thomas White declares that the British election is a victory for sound finance, and a step toward world recovery. OTTAWA, October 28. While official comment is withheld, political observers believe' that Mr. MacDonald will soon call the Imperial Conference, to meet in London. TARIFF EXPECTATIONS. WASHINGTON. October 27.

Reports indicating a. predominant Conservative lead in the British elections have deeply impressed political circles in Washington. This is especially due to a belief that the results have opened the way Io a British protective tariff. While it is felt that such a British tariff policy will prominently affect France, the chief attention here is centred on what Canada will do in the event of the Mother Country being willing to enter a general Empire agreement for preferential treatment. It is strongly surmised here that the postponed Ottawa conference will soon become a reality for the consideration of the British Empire tariff problem. Canadian observers here hazard the suggestion that any tariff system which England will adopt will contain two features namely a general tariff against the whole world and a scheme whereby she and the Dominions will enter into a preferential agreement. The Canadians also assert that the British tariff would probably be a selective one not necessarily applying to all imports. ACCORDING TO WELLS. WASHINGTON, October 28. 11. G. Wells, the British novelist, views the National Government’s victory as a simple mandate to call in doctors rather than a triumph of Conservatism. “This is not a Conservative victory, it is a Conservative Party’s victory if you like, but do distinguish between the two.” Should the Nationalists fail to restore prosperity, Mr Wells foresaw a swing towards Communism, Radicalism, and he forecasts in this event that a Socialistic, even Communistic, Labour might come back to power as group. Discussing Mahatma Gandhi, Wells said: “I have no use for him nor for his loin cloth, nor mental obliviousness to dentistry.’ FINANCIAL EXPERTS UPHELD. SYDNEY, October 29. The “Herald,” in a leader on the election, says: The results of the election throughout the Empire will probably be as momentous as in Britain. Indeed, it is the likely response from the Dominions, as much as anything, v/hich may recommend an effective preferential tariff to the new Government, nor is that all. In Australia and New Zealand, at any rate, the definite

declaration of tho British, people for strict administrative' economy, reinforces up to the hilt, the advice given to these Dominions by the financial experts invited hither from the Old Country. SYDNEY EXCHANGE BUOYANT.’ SYDNEY, October 28. Responding to the British election results, the local investment market to-day was decidedly healthy and active. Prices generally moved to substantially higher levels. Pastoral shares were particularly buoyant. Bank scrips w r as also firmer than for some time. HOW CONSTITUENCIES VOTED LONDON, October 28. The following are the returns from the respective constituencies: —

, SEAHAM HARBOUR. Ramsay MacDonald (Nat.-Lab.) 28,978 William Coxon (Lab.) .. 23,027 G. Lumley (Com.) 677 National-Labour gain. DERBY—TWO SEATS. J. H. Thomas (Nat.-Lab.) .. 49,257 W. Allan Reid (Con.) .. .. 47,279 W. R. Raynes (Lab) .. .. 21,841 Walter Halls (Lab.) .. .. 20,241 National Labour and Conservative gains. Mr Thomas’s 1929 majority was 15,135. Mr Raynes beat a Conservative and Liberal. LANCASHIRE—DARWEN. Sir Herbert Samuel (Nat.-Lib.) 18,923 Alan Graham (Con.) .. .. 14,636 C. Rothwell (Lab.) .. .. 5,184 A National-Liberal gain. In winning the seat at last election as a Liberal, Sir H. Samuel had a majority of 462 over Conservative and Labour opponents. STOKE. Mrs Ida Copeland (Con.) .. 19,918 Ellis Smith (Lab.)13,264 Sir Oswald Mosley (New Party Leader) 10,538 A Conservative gain. Last election in this seajt, Lady Cynthia Mosley had 7850 of a majority over a Liberal opponent. SPEN VALLEY. Sir John Simon (Nat.-Lib.) .. 28,647 Herbert Elvin (Lab.) .. .. 15,961 National Liberal gain. EPPING. Winston Churchill (Con.) .. 35,956 C. Carr (Lib.) 15,670 J. Ranger (Lab.) .. .. 4,713 Unchanged. GATESHEAD. T. Magney (Nat.-Lib.) .. .. 34,764 Ernest Bavin (Lab.) .. .. 21,826 J. Barr (New Party) .. .. 1,077 J.,Fennell (Nat. Lab. .. .. 187 Natidhal-Liberal gain. LIMEHOUSE. Major Attlee (Lab.) .. .. 11,354 R. Ginouard (Con.)10,803 .. Hodge (New Party) .. . . 307 Unchanged. MILE END. Dr. W. O’Donovan (Con.) .. 12,399 John Scurr (Lab.) .. .. 9,738 Conservative gain.

ABERDEEN NORTH.

John Burnett (Con.) .. .. 22,931 Wedgewood Benn (Lab.) .. 8,735 Mrs Helen Crawford (Workers) 3,980 Conservative gain. SILVERTOWN. Jack Jones (Lab.) .. .. 19,851 Mrs E. Tennant (Con.) .. 5,654 Unchanged. HULL CENTRAL. B. Barton (Con.) 19,773 Lieut.-Com. Kenworthy (Lab.) 16,113 Conservative gain. WHITECHAPEL. D. .Tanner (Nat.-Lib.) .. .. 11,013 J. Hall (Lab.) 9,864 Harry Pollitt (Com.) .. .. 258 Kid Lewis (New Party) .. 154 National-Liberal gain. BIRMINGHAM—SPARKBROOK L. S. Amery (Con.) .. 23,917 G. Archibald (Lab.) -. 8,538 Mr. Amery won by 2992 over Labour and Liberal in 1929. NEWCASTLE—CENTRAL. C. Denville (Con.) .. .. 20,309 Sir Charles Trevelyan (Lab.) 12,136 W. H. D. Caple (Nat.-Lib.) 94 A Conservative gain. Sir C. Trevelyan won in 1929 by 4419 from Conservative. . SHOREDITCH H. C. Summersby (Nat.-Lib.) 19,596 Ernest Thurtle (Lab.) ~ 14,988 A National Liberal gain. In 1929 Mr. Thurtle won by 7571 over Liberal and Conservative. MIDDLESEX—WOOD GREEN Godfrey Locker Lampson (Con.) 44,364 E. P. Bell (Lab.) .. .. 11,980 In 1929 the Conservative majority was 9826 over Labour and Liberal. YORKSHIRE—KEIGHLEY G. S. Harvie Watt (Con.) .. 19,079 H. B. Lees Smith (Lab.) .. 13,192 W. J. Crossland Briggs (Nat.-Lib.) 9,044 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr. Lees-Smith had 6507 majority over Conservative and Liberal. BETHNAL GREEN—SOUTHWEST Percy Harris (Nat. Lib.) .. 10,176 W. J. Humphries (Lab.) .. 3,923 J. Haughan (Com.) .. .. 2,970 A National Liberal gain. Mr. Harris as a Liberal won by 1260 over Conservative, Labour and Communist in 1929. ROCHESTER—CHATHAM Sir Park Goff (Con.) .. 19,991 Oliver Baldwin (Lab.) .. 10,837 Martin Woodroffs (New Party) 1,135 A Conservative gain. In 1929 the Labdur majority was 3,043 over Conservative and Liberal.

CAMBRRWBDLf-NORTH-BAST J. D. Cassells (Con.) .. • • 17,581 Hector Hughes (Lab.) -. 8,693 A Conservative gam. BRISTOL CENTRAL ,• Lord Apsley (Con.) . - •• 22,231 J. A. Alpass (Lab.) • - ■•15,143 A Conservative gain. In 1929 Mr. Alpass had 4,225 majority oyer Conservative. SOUTH AYRSHIRE Capt.J. O. Mac Andrew (Con.) 16,675 James Brown (Lab.) • • 13,733 A Conservative gain. In 1924 Mr. Brown’s majority was 4,741 over Conservative. MONTROSE Sir Robert Hutchinson (Nat.Lib.) 17,212 A. F. Mclntosh (Lab.) ■ • 5,137 A National-Liberal gain. In 1929 Sir R. Hutchinson as a Liberal had a 2,334 majority over Labour. SOUTHWARK CENTRAL M. Horobin (Nat.-Ind.) •• 15,913 Harry Day (Lab.) • .. ..■ 8,466 A Nationalist-Independent gain. In 1929 Mr. Day’s majority was 7,062 over Conservative and Liberal. BRISTOL—NORTH. j R. H. Bornays (Nat.-Lib) .. 27,b40 Walter Ayles (Lab.) .. 13,826 National Liberal gain. In 1929 Mr. Ayles’ majority was 5687 from Independent Liberal and Liberal. SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Lady Iveagh (Con.) .. .. 46,564 A. E. Becherbaise (Lab.) .. 7,741 In 1929, the Conservative was 5,721 over Liberal, * PLYMOUTH—DEVONPORT.'

Major L. Hore Belisha (Nat.Lib.) 23,459 Paul Reed (Lab.) .. .. 9,039 A National-Liberal gain. Major Hore Belisha won in 1929 by 4545 over Conservative and Labour. LEICESTER EAST A. M. Lyons (Con.) .. .. 30,265 E. F. Wise (Lab;) , 13,911 A Conservative gain. Mr. Wise won in 1929 by 8,732 over Conservative and Liberal. DEPTFORD Denis Hanley (Con.) • • 26,558 C. W. Bowerman (Lab.) .. 22,244 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr. Bowerman won by 2016 over Liberal and Conservative. HUDDERSFIELD William Mabane (Nat.-Lib) 47,056 J. H. Hudson (Lab.) .. • • 20,034 A National Liberal gain. At last election Mr. Hudson’s majority was 4568 -over Conservative and Liberal. CHELSEA. Sir Samuel Hoare (Con.) .. 23,015 G. Foan (Lab.) 4,726 Last election, Sir S. Hoare’s majority was 8835 over Liberal and Labour. SHEFFIELD PARK Sir Arthur Shirley-Benn (Con.) 26,392 G. Latham (Lab.) .. •. 15,783 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr. Latham’s majority was 6707 over Conservative and Liberal. BATTERSEA NORTH Commander Marsden (Con.) 18,688 W. S. Sanders (Lab.) .. 11,985 S. Saklatvala (Communist) .. 3,021 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr. Sanders’ majority was 2432 over Liberal and Conservative opponents. HAMMERSMITH—NORTH. Miss Mary Pickford (Con.) 18,815 J. F. Gardner (Lab.) .. 11,838 E. F. Bramley (Com.) .. 697 Ronald Braden (New Party) 431 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr. Gardner’s majority was 3857 over a Conservative. PADDINGTON NORTH Brendan Bracken (Con.) • • 23,901 Dr. Esther Eickards (Lab.) 9,597 At last election Mr. Bracken’s majority was 528 over Liberal and Labour. BRISTOL EAST Sir Stafford Cripps (Lab.) 19,435 M. Spruell (Con.) 19,006 Sir S. Cripps won the seat at a by-election.

WEST FIFE. C. Milne (Con.) •. • • 12,977 W. Adamson (Lab.) .. •. 11,063 W. Gallacher (Communist) .. 6,829 Conservative gain. DUMBARTON. David Kirkwood (Lab.) .. 16,335 Maurice McCracken (Con.) .. 15,338 Unchanged. COLNE VALLEY. E. L. Mallalieu (Nat-Lib.) •. 17,119 Ernest Marklew (Lab.) .. 13,734 Colonel Lascelles (Con.) .. 12,581 Michael Franklin (Nat.-Lab.) 202 National-Liberal gain. PEMBROKE. Gwiliym Lloyd George (Lib.) 24,605 Major Price (Con.) .. .. 19,560 Unchanged. PLYMOUTH—SUTTON. Lady Astor (Con.) .. .. 24,277 G. Ward (Lab.) .. .. 14,073 Lady Astor w’on by 211 over Labour and Liberal in 1929. BIRMINGHAM—MOSLEY. P. Hannon (Con.) .. .. 53,041 F. G. Lloyd (Lab.) ... 13,399 Mr. Hannon won in 1929 by 1-8,087 over Labour, Liberal and Independent. ' MARYLEBONE Sir Rendell Rodd (Con.) ... 39,976 Dr. E. A. Whitefield (Lab.) 6,14.7 Sir R. Rodd won by 15,287 in 1929, over Labour and Liberal. BETHNAL GREEN—NORTH-EAST Major H. L. Nathan (Lib) .. 13,135 W. Barratt (Lab.) .. .. 10,368 Liberal majority in 1929 was 589 over Labour and Conservative.

MANCHESTER—RUSHOLME. ‘ Sir Boyd Merriman (Con.) .. 24,817 J. Ashead (Lab.) .. •• 6,319 Frank Thornborough (Nat.Lib.) 4,658 In 1929, Sii’ B. Merriman won by. 3272 over Labour and Liberal. BIRKENHEAD—EAST. H. Graham White (Nat.-Lib.) 26,938 Chas. Movey (Lab.) .. .. 9,863 A National Liberal gain. Last election Mr. White’s majority was 1927 over Labour and Conservative. WOLVERHAMPTON WEST Sir Robt. Bird (Con.) .. .. 26,181 W. J. Brown (Independent) 17,090 A Conservative gain. Mr. Brown won by 3866 in 1929 over Conservative and Liberal. CAMBERWELL NORTH A. L. Bateman (Con.) .. 10,634 D. G. Ammon (Lab.) ... .. 9,869 A Conservative gain. Mr. Ammon's majority in 1929 was 7823 over Conservative and Liberal. WOOLWICH WEST ’ Sir Kingsley Wood (Con.) .. 26,441 J. Reeves (Lab.) .. .. 14,562 In 1929 the Conservative majority was 332 over Labour. CROYDON SOUTH Sir William Mitchell-Thomson Con.) 40,672 T. Crawford (Lab.) . - .- 9,950 In 1929 the Conservative majority was 9465 over Labour and Liberal. LIVERPOOL WALTON R. Purbrick (Cons.) .. .. 31,335 F. A. P. Rowe (Labour) .. 11,183 Unchanged. GLOUCESTER Leslie Boyce (Cons.), .. .. 19,201 C. Fox (Labour) .. .. 9,233 Unchanged. PRESTON—TWO SEATS XV. M. Kirkpatrick (Cons.), 46,276 A. C. Moreing (Cons.) .. 45,843 Tom Shaw (Labour) .. 25,710 E. Porter (Labour) .. .. 24,660 Two Conservative gains. BATLEY AND MORLEY W., D. Wills (Cons.), .. 26,378 Sir Ben Turner (Labour) .. 16,700 Conservative gain. BLACKPOOL Captain C. C. Erskinebolst (Cons.), •. • • 53,010 Edgar Wallace (Liberal), .. 19,524 Unchanged. NELSON AND COLNE Linton Thorp (Cons.), .. 28,747 Arthur Greenwood (Labour) 2,106 Conservative gain. NOTTINGHAM EAST L. Gluckstein (Cons.), .. 17,484 Norman Birkett (National Lib.) 11,901 W. Windsor (Labour), .. 5,449 Conservative gain. EAST HAM NORTH Lt. Colonel Mathew (Con.), 22,730 Susan Lawrence (Labour) 11,769 Conservative gain.

DERBYSHIRE-ILKESTON A. Flint (Nat. Lab.), .. 17,587 George Oliver (Labour), .. 17,585 After five counts Flint won by two votes. National Labour gain. HARWICH P. Pybus (Nat. Lib.), .. .. 26,818 Ernest McKeag (Labour), .. 4,229 National Liberal gain. CARDIFF SOUTH Arthur'Evans (Cons.), .. 17,976 Arthur Henderson .Tunr. (Lab.) 12,089 Conservative gain. ANGLESEY Miss Megan Lloyd George (Lib.) 14,839 A. Hughes (Cons.), .. 10,612 Unchanged. CARDIFF CENTRAL Sir Ernest Bennett (Nat. Lab.), 24,120 E. Archbold (Labour) .. 10,758 National Labour gain. WANDSWORTH Sir W. Lane-Mitchell (Cons.), 30,358 Mrs. R. Fraser (Labour) .. 5,343 Unchanged. CARNARVON D. Lloyd George (Lib.), .. 17,101 Captain Gourlay (Cons.), .. 11,714 Unchanged. CORNWALL NORTHERN Sir Donald Mac Lean (Nat. Lib.), 16,876 A. Williams (Cons.) .. .. 15,526 A. Bennetts (Labour) .. 1,907 National Liberal gain. NOTTINGHAM SOUTH. Holford Knight (Nat.-Lab.) .. 22,852 A. Ellis (Lab.)10,483 National Labour gain. NOTTINGHAM WEST. A. Caporn (Con.) .. . • 20,617 A. Hayday (Lab.) .. .. 14,984 Conservative gain. NORTHAMPTON. Lord Burghley (Con.) .. .. 26,640 J. Horrabin (Lab.) .. .. 14,206 Conservative gain.

WILTSHIRE. Sir Reginald Mitchell-Banks (Con.') 22,756 Dr Adison (Labour) .. .. 17,962 Conservative gain. HAMPSHIRE, ALDERSHOT. Viscount Wolmer (Con.) .. 22,134 Miss Mary Richardson (Lab.) 4,091 Unchanged. LEEDS CENTRAL. R. Denman (Nat.-Lab.) .. 26,496 W. Turner Samuels (Lab.) .. 10,633 National Labour gain.

STAFFORD. Ormsby Gore (Con.) .. . • 18,467 Len Smith (Lab.) .. - • 8,640 Unchanged. ISLINGTON NORTH. A. Goodman (Con.) .. •• 28,790 Robert Young (Lab.) .. • • 14,783 Conservative gain. SUNDERLAND—TWO SEATS. Luke Thompson (Con.) • • 53,386 Samuel Storey (Con.) .. • • 52,589 Dr. Marion Phillips (Lab.) .. 29,707 D. Pitt (Lab.) 29,680 Conservative gains. KENNINGTON. George Harvey (Con.) .. . • 18,371 Leonard Matters (Lab.) . • 10,188 Conservative gain. SAINT PANCRAS NORTH. Capt. lan Fraser (Con.) .. 22,490 J. Marley (Lab.) W. Shepherd (Com.) •• •• 4ou Conservative gain. ISLINGTON WEST. P. Donner (Con.) F. Montague (Lab.) ’“b Conservative gain. ISLINGTON EAST. Miss Thelma Cazalet (Con.) “?,221 Mrs Leah Manning (Lab.) .. 13,111 Conservative gain. LEYTON EAST. Sir Frederick Mills (Con.) Fenner Brockway (Lab.) .. 10,430 Conservative gain. GLASGOW. Neil Mac Lean (Lab.) .. -. Alexander McClure (Con.) . • 14,44Unchanged. GORBALS. G. Buchanan (Lab.) - • •• 19,278 M. Bloch (Con.) 11,264 H. McShane (Com.) .. - • 2,626 Unchanged. POLLOK. Sir John Gilrfbur (Con.) .. 27,772 J. Rankin (Lab.) 6,323 Unchanged." NORFOLK EASTERN. Lord Elmley (Na't.-Lib.) .. 25,945 J. Holmen (Lab.) 6,562 National-Liberal gain. HORSHAM. Earl Winton (Con.) .. - • 44,886 Miss H. Keynes (Lab.) .. 5,932 Unchanged. k WYCOMBE. Sir Alfred Knox (Con.) .. .. 41,208 Dr. Hadan Guest (Lab.) .. 10,821 Unchanged. BASSELAW. Malcolm McDonald (Nat.-Lab.) 27,136 H. Watkins (Lab.) 13,582 National-Labour gain. HAMPSHIRE. Col. Wilfred Ashley '(Con.) .. 35,544 F. Stainer (Lab.) 7,130 Unchanged. DOVER. Major Astor (Con.) .. .. 29,743 W. Moore (Lab.) 9,781 Unchanged. RUSHCLIFFE. Sir Henry Betterton (Con.) .. 36,670 Mrs Florence Paton (Lab.) .. 14,176 Unchanged.

LINCOLNSHIRE SOUTH. Lt.-Col. Heneage (Con.) .. 18,434 Ramsay Muir (Nat.-Lib.) .. 14,43 ■ Unchanged. BRIDGTON. James Maxton (Lab.) .. .. 16,630 Miss Catherine Gavin (Con.) 11,941 Unchanged. LICHFIELD. Lovat Fraser (Nat.-Lab.) .. 26,669 G. Jones (Lab.) 15,790 National-Labour gain. • ROTHWELL. W. Lunn (Lab.) 24,897 Major Stringer (Con.) .. .. 22,198 Unchanged. CARNARVON. Major Owen (Lib.) .. .. 14,993 Elwyne Jones (Lab.) .. .. 14,299 William Evans (Ind.) .. .. 7,990 Prof. J. Daniel Welsh (Nat.) 1,136 Unchanged. RENFREW. Lord Clydesdale (Con.) .. •• 27,740 Jafnes Strain (Labour) .. 12,477 W. Oliver Brown (Scottish Nat.) 6,498 Unchanged. SHETTLESTON. J. McGovern (Ind. Lab.) .. 16,301 James Lucas (Con.) .. - • 15,530 J. Marshall (Labour) .. •• 1856 W. Stevenson (New Party) .. 402 Unchanged.

KELVIN GROVE. Major Walter Elliott (Con.) .. 21,481 J. Winning (Labour) .. •• 12,415 Unchanged. LANARK NORTHERN. W. Anstruther Gray (Con.) .. 24,384 Jennie Lee (Labour) .. • • 19,691 Conservative gain. • CLACKMANNAN. J. Kerr (Con.) 14,771 Tom Johnston (Labour) .. 12,952 A Conservative gain. EDINBURGH CENTRAL. J. Guy (Con.) 17,293 William Graham (Labour) .. 10,566 Fred Douglas (Communist) .. 1,319 Conservative gain. KIRKCALDY. A. Russell (Con.) 19,132 Tom Kennedy (Labour) .. 14,492 Conservative gain.

BRECON. Captain Darcy Hall (Con.) .. 25,620 Peter Freeman (Labour) . • 17.223 Conservative gain. PENRYN. M. Petherick (Con.) .. .. E. Simon (Nat.-Lib.) .. .. 14,006 A. Rowse (Labour) . • - • 10,098, Conservative gain. CONSETT. J.' Dickie (Nat.-Lib.) -• •• 22,474 Rev. H. Dunnico (Labour) .. IJ,J2< National Liberal gain. . LINLITHGOW 7 . Sir Adrian Baillie (Con.) .. 20,476 E. Shinwell (Labour) .. . - 16,956 Conservative gain. DORSET EASTERN. Ralph Hall Caine (Con.) . - 20,711 A. Glassey (Nat.-Lib.) . • •• 18,801 E. Stocker (Labour) .. ■■ 7,009 Conservative gain. TAMWORTH. Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland (Con) 41,571 J. Willberry (Labour) .. ■ ■ 7,525 Unchanged. BRIGHTON (two seats). Sir Cooper Rawson (Con.) .. 75,205 Major Tyron (Con.) .. •• 74,993 L. Cohen (Labour) 12,952 Mrs Rosalind Moore (Labour) 12,878 Unchanged. SOUTH MOLTON. George Lambert (Nat.-Lib.) . . 25.700 R. Messel (Labour) .. •• 3,499 National Liberal gain. CAMLACHIE. J. Stevenson (Con.) . - •• 18,461 Rev. Campbell Stephen (Lab.) 15,282 Conservative gain. BISHOP AUCKLAND. A. Curry (Nat.-Lib.) ■ ■ 17,551 Doctor Hugh Dalton (Labour) 16,796 National Liberal gain. NORFOLK NORTHERN. T. Cook (Coh.)„ 19.988 Lady Noel Buxton (Labour) 13,035 Conservative gain. EDINBURGH EAST. D. Mason (Nat.-Lib) .. 17,372 Doctor Drummond Shiels (Lab) 10,144 Rev. T. Alexander (Scot. Nat) 2872 National Liberal gain. PEEBLES. Captain Ramsay (Con.) .. .. 17,435 ; J. Westwood (Labour) .. .. 9,185 Conservative gain. SHEFFIELD—HILLSBOROUGH. j. C. Braithwaite (Coh.) .. 23,819 A. Alexander (Lab.) .. 17,319 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr Alexander’s majority over Conservative and Liberal opponents was 16,452.

MANCHESTER—PLATTING. A. E. L. Chorlton (Con.) .'. 23,588 J. R. Clynes (Lab.) .. • ■ 17,798 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr Clynes had a majority of 6646 over Conservative and Communist opponents. POPLAR. George Lansbiiry (Lab.) .. 16,306 D. L. Guthrie (Con.) .. .. 11,642 Unchanged. Mr Lansbury’s majority at last election was 11,267 over a Conservative. W ALLSEND. Miss Irene Eard (Con.) .. 25,999 Margaret Bondfield (Lab.) .. 18,393 A Conservative gain. Miss Bondfield had a majority in 1929 of 7705 over Conservative, Liberal and Communist. PORTSMOUTH NORTH. Sir B. Faile (Con.) ’ .... 26,331 Rear-Admiral Dewar (Lab.) 12,182 Unchanged. In 1929 Sir B. Faile’s majority was 2877 over Labour and Liberal. BRADFORD EAST. J. Hepworth (Con.) .. .. 22,532 F. W. Jowett (Lab.) .. .. 15,779 A Conservative gain. In 1929, Mr Jowett’s majority was 3,697 over Liberal. DUNDEE—TWO SEATS. Dingle Foot (Nat.-Lib.) .. 52,048 Miss Florence Horsbrugh (Con.) . .. .. 48,566 M. Marcus (Lab.) 32,573 E. Scrymgeour (Prohibitionist) 38,229 V. Stewart (Com.) 10,261 In 1929 Mr Marcus’s majority was 13,712 and Mr Scrymgeour’s 16,183 over Liberal, Conservative and Communist. The results are thus Na-tional-Liberal and Conservative gains.

LEIGH. J. Tinker (Lab.) 23,965 Peter Eckersley (Con.) .. 21,837 Last election Mr Tinker met both Conservative; and Liberal opponents, his majority being 14,693. MANCHESTER—WITHINGTON. E. L. Fleming (Con.) .. . . 36,097 Philip Guedalla (Nat.-Lib.) .. 21,379 In 1929 Mr E. D. Simon (Liberal) won by 185 over Conservative and Labour. LIVERPOOL—EVERTON. F. Hornby (Con.) 12,186 S. T. Treleaven (Lab.) .. 7,786 Derwent Hall Caine (Nat.-Lib.) 4950 A Conservative gain. Mr Hall Caine won at last election by 1567 over Conservative candidate. MIDDLESEX—HENDON. Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister (Con.) 66,305 Mrs Blanco White, (the daughter of Rt. Hon. W. Pember Reeves, ex-New Zealander) (Lab.) 15,305 Sir P. Lister’s majority in 1929 was 16,324 from Liberal and Labour. HOLBORN. Stuart Bevan (Con.) ... .. 16,094 F. W. Hickenbottom (Lab.) 2,916 In 1929 Mi- Bevan’s majority was 5563 over Labour and Liberal.

BLACKBURN—TWO SEATS. Sir Walter Smiles (Con.) .. 50,105 G. Elliston (Con.) .. .. 49,953 Mrs Mary Hamilton (Lab.) .. 25,643 T. H. Gill (Lab.) 25,030 Two Conservative gains. At last election Mr Gill’s majority was 2007 over Conservative and Liberal opponents; Mrs, Hamilton’s being similar. BERMONDSEY—ROTHERHITHE. Mrs Runge (Con.) 16,666 Ben Smith (Lab.) 11,536 A Conservative gain. In 1929, Mr Smith’s majority was 10,070 over Conservative and Liberal. FINSBURY. C. M. Gillett (Nat.-Lab.) .. 17,292 T. Williams (Lab.) .. .. 10,133 A National-Labour gain. Last election Mr Gillett had 8944 majority over Conservative and Liberal. Leicester;—west. E. H. Pickering (Nat.-Lib.) 26,826 F. W. Pethwick Lawrence (Lab.) 12,923 National-Liberal gain. In 1929 M. 1 Pethwick Lawrence won by 11,944 over Conservative and Liberal. RICHMOND. Sir Newton Moore, an Australian (Con.) 35,333 J. P. Thomson (Lab.) .. .. 6,460 Sir N. Moore won in 1929 by 13,628 from Liberal and Labour. BIRMINGHAM WEST. Sir Austen Chamberlain (Con.) 22,448 O. G. Willey (Lab.) .. .. 10,507 Sir A. Chamberlain’s majority over Labour in 1929 was 43. BIRMINGHAM—EDGBASTON 7 . Neville Chamberlain (Con.) 33,085 W. Blaycock (Lab.) .. .. 5,157 Mr Chamberlain’s majority in 1929 was 1760 over Labour and Liberal. BIRMINGHAM—HANDSWORTH. Com. Locker Lampson (Con.) 30,989 . L. A. Fenn (Lab.) 8,548 Consrovative majority in 1929 was 10,075 over Liberal and Labour. WEST BROMWICH. A. Ramsay (Con.) 17,729 F. O. Roberts (Lab.) .. .. 17,20-1 W. Ramage (Nat.-Lab) .. 3,851 A Conservative gain. Last election, Mr Roberts had a majority of 8678 over Conservative and Liberal opponents.

HAMMERSMITH SOUTH. Dr. Douglas Cooke (Con.) .. 21,018 Dan Cliater (Lab.) .. .. 8,390 A Conservative gain. Last election Mr Chater had a majority of 412 ovei* Conservative and Liberal opponents. KILMARNOCK. Craigie Aitchison (Nat.-Lab.) 21,803 John Pollock (Lab.) .. .. 14,767 A NatidnabLabour gain. Mr Aitchison won in 1929 by 5195 over Conservative and Communist. PADDINGTON SOUTH. Vice-Admiral Taylor (Con.) 27,206 Miss Lacox (Lab.) .. •• 4,532 Unchanged. WILLESDEN WEST. Mrs H. R. Tate (Con.) .. .. 23,910 S. P. Viant (Lab.) .. •• 15,550 A Conservative gain. In 1929 Mr Viant won by 7804 over Conservative and Liberal. CAMBERWELL—PECKHAM. Viscount Borodale (Con.) .. 19,458 John Beckett (Lab.) .. .. 17,217 E. Titler (Nat.-Lab.) .. ■ ■ 1,44Capt. Herbert Beaumont (Lab.) 1,350 A Conservative gain. In 1929, Mr v Beckett won by 5505 over Conservative and Liberal. GREENOCK. Sir Godfrey Collins (Nat.-Lib.) 18,015 Thomas Irwin (Lab.) .. • • A. Ferguson (Com.) .. • • 6,440 National-Liberal gain. Sir Godfrey Collins at last election, as a Liberal, had a majority of 1493 over Conservative, Labour and Communist candidates, or 763 more than on this occasion.