WIN FOR LABOR
MAJORITY IN LpNDON COUNTY
COUNCIL.
PARTY v. GAINS 29 SEATS
OJ.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Rec. ,March 8, 7 ip.ro.) LONDON, March 9. v -Labor. made; substantialgains at the London. County Council elections. Many prominent member* were defeated, including Sir .Cyril Cobb, Dame Beatrice Lyall, and Captain Bertram Mills, all Liberals. The' Communists were defeated.' The state of the parties is a-s folio wt<:— Lahouf .'.v ~••• ••• - f-'- ' Municipal Reformers ... .37 Labor gained 29 seats and lost none, Reformers gained none and lost 25, the ; Liberals gaining none and losing four. Thirteen results are being declared to-day. . The old Council comprised 83 Municipal Reformers, 3o Labor and six Liberals. This will be Labor’s first* majority in the London County Council. A GREAT TRIUMPH. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Rec. March 10, 12.9 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. “This i c < a great triumph for London Labor,” declared Mr- Herbert Morrison. He added that Labor would exercise its power cleanly but with determination and a sense of public responsibility. Lord Jefsel, one of .the Municipal Reform leaders, declared that Labor’s triumph was largely due to the apathy of many electors, who did hot trouble, to vote.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12199, 10 March 1934, Page 5
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