GREAT LABOUR WINS.

Grey River Argus, 3 November 1928, Page 5

GREAT LABOUR WINS.

BRITISH ELECTIONS. Municipal Results. (United Service.) (Australian & N.Z. Cubic Assn). ’ (Received Novrmbt r 2 at 715 p.m) LONDON'. November 2. Tim pal Elections in three liuniiicd of tie citie*’ and boroughs in England and Wales shew that there have been many Labour gains. The Labour gains mainly are from Hit' Conservatives. I Labour has a triple success in the Home Secretary (Sir W. Joynson Hicks’) constituency, where Labour has gained t ie initial representation. The details of the gains and losses ar.' a‘- fo’iows: — Pa ty • Hauis ■ Losses

LONDON RESULTS. LABOUR'S GREAT SUCCESS. LONDON, November 2. In the Municipal elections for Eng ’and and Wales, tho latest results arc as follows:— LONDON.

IN THE PROVINCES. The Jate-t. provincial results are:—

One feature of the elections is the rejection of the Communists. Only 27 votes were recorded for the Communist candidate at Bradford. 32 at Blackburn, and 110 at Wolverhampton. The Socialist gains are mostly irr the industrial centres. The biggest Labour success was in Liverpool, where there have been 11 gains. The. Labourites have secured control of only one Council, that of Swindon. Mr Corbey. the Labour Mayor of Salford, who refused to wear a top hat in his year of olli'P. or to attend church the Mayor’s Sunday, was defeated by a hundred votes. There were six Unemployeds’ candidates for Southwark. They secured onlv a total of 252 votes.

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Party Ga Municipal Reform Labour i ins I,os.se; 1 34 Independents Progressives 6 4 1 0

Purtv Gains Losses ’on civatives .. .. 11 71 ..about* .. .. 1191 is liberals .. .. n / 24 ndependeiits .. . . 10 40