LABOUR DEFEATED.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 October 1924, Page 5

LABOUR DEFEATED.

BST CABLE -PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ■i ' Received Oct. 31, 11.40 a.m, LONDON, Oct. 30. At 6.15 p.m. the returns showed: ' Conservatives ............... 397 Labour 151 Liberals ...; 41 . Miscellaneous 5 Received Oct. 31, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 30. The following have been elected Horne, Simon, Lunn, Scurr > Lloyd George, Wheatley, the Duchess of Athol,. Strickland, Snowden, Ramsay MacDonald, Churchill, Wignall, Harney, Lucas, Tooth. The following have been defeated: Hodges and Mrs. Wintringham. At 2.45 the state of parties was : , Conservatives ............... 270 Labour 100 Liberals .... 28 Miscellaneous 4 Conservative gains from Labour are 41, and from Liberals 58. Liberal gains from Labour are 7. Labour gains from Liberals are 13 and from Conservatives 6. • At 3.15 p.m. the Conservatives had reached a clear majority.' A LABOUR MARQUIS. Received Oct. 31, 11.10 a.m. LONDON. Oct, 30. Dr. Chappell, a New Zealander, was defeated. Adamson was re-elected. The Marquis of Tavistock, heir to the Duke of Bedford, one of the greatest ground landlords in London, declares himself a supporter of the Labour Party. ; He told the Daily Express that the Tories were without , vision. “I have no faith in the Liberal leaders and Labour is the only pjrogressive party,’’ he said. “I have the greatest admiration for; Mir MacDonald, and believe he will \ solve the present,trouble.” It is . stated that Tavistock is heir : to ten millions. ASQUITH NOT DISHEARTENED. Received Oct. 31, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 30. Mr. Asquith, interviewed, said he was disappointed, but not disheartened. Liberalism was by no means dead.. The Daily Mail states that a cheering crowd at Downing Street pushed 41 dilapidated motor-car containing an effigy of MacDonald, and left it outside No. 10^. The police pushed the car to the barracks. —Sydney Sun Cable. The results so far disclose satisfying Conservative gains, and there is reasonable: confidence that the finals. will show an absolute majority. All sections of political thought express the keenest sympathy with Mr. Asquith, and say l the Commons can ill spare one of the foremost parliamentarians of modern times. —Times Service. VICTORS AND VANQUISHED. Received Oct 31, 11.10 a.m. ‘ LONDON, Oct. 30.

A Labourite gained a footing in Birmingham, whicli has been solidly Conservative for forty years, Denniston, a Labourite, defeating the Conservative, Austin (the motor manufacturer), and a Liberal, Frewer. A Labourite, Dr. Salter, gained Bermondsey West from the Liberal, the Rev. Kedward, by a majority of 2902. A Communist, Stewart, was among the three defeated at Dundee, where Morel and Scrymgeour were elected. An ex-taxi-driver, Ben- Smith, a Labourite, was elected for Rotheriiithe. A Minister, Tom Griffiths- was elected for Pontypool. The Liverpool representation has beeh completed by the election of eight Conservatives, two Labourites, one Independent Liberal, and a Constitutionalist. . Captain Guest gained Bristol North from a Labourite, Ayles. The Liberal ex-Minister Walter Runciman gained Swansea West in a three-cornered fight, wherein the economist Hewins was the Conservative candidate. A Labourite was elected for Swansea East. Bristol, where pacts designed to exclude Labour originated in 1923, completed representation with two Conservatives, one Labourite, and two Liberals. Sheffield, where there were straightout fights in all divisions, no Liberals standing, returned three Conservatives and four Labourites. The Conservatives gained Birkenhead East, Hackney North and Hackney Central from the Liberals, owing to Labourite candidatures. Dr. Stella Churchill -was unsuccessful at Hackney North. She was known as the “pink Socialist” owing to the charm with which she preached Socialism. The Ministers Ammon, Wedgwood, and Tom Shaw, and the Conservatives Sir Steel Maitland and Sir JoynsonHieks, are elected. The Labourite Susan Lawrence was defeated. Dame Gwynne Vaughan was defeated in a three-cornered fight. Ammon, a Labourite, was defeated for Woolwich West by the Conservative Sir King Heywood, famous for his uncompromising attacks on the Labour housing policy. Received Oct. 31, 11.15 a.m. LONDON. Oct. 30. The Conservative Page-Croft was elected with an increased majority of 12,885 at Bournemouth over ” the Labourite. Miss Minnie Palliser.

CLEAR MAJORITY FOR CONSERVATIVES PEOPLE’S UNCOMPROMISING DECISION. CONSERVATIVES 397, LABOUR 151, LIBERAL 41 The results in respect to 66 seats published in -a late edition of yesterday ’3 Star gave a fair indication that Labour’s cause was lost. Cable, messages received this morning shotw it is now beyond question that the Conservatives have been returned by an overwhelming majority over the other two parties combined. Approximately 600 results have been received up to the time of going to press, but the fact that the Conservatives have captured no fewer than 397 out of the 594 results received to date makes it patent that the Conservatives will be in power, '•

Hay day, a Labourite, famous for having a family of twenty children, was retained for Notts West by a majority of 2902 over the Conservative Constitutionalist, Lose by _ R. J. Davies was elected by a reduced majority of 3000. The locomotive men’s leader, Bromley, gained Barrow from a Conservative. A • Labourite, Oliver, was elected for Ilkeston in a three-cornered fight, defeating the Liberal Lady Barlow, a sister of Denman, ex-Governor-General of’ Australia. Eleven out of twelve divisions of Birmingham are still Conservative. The ex-Minister Amerywas elected in the Sparkbrook division of Birmingham. E. G. Penny, a Conservative, was re-elected for Kingston-on-Thames with a. greatly increased majority of 14,293, in a three-cornered fight. He offered during the Singapore controversy to take five representative Commoners -to Singapore and convince them of the necessity of the naval scheme. A Minister, Davidson, was elected for Smethwick.—Reuter. ' Received Oct. 31, 11.40 a.m. ... LONDON, Oct. 30. A Labourite, Sn el grove, gained the Ha 11am Division of Sheffield from a Conservative, Sir Frederick Sykes, with a. majority of 6839. Both Arthur Henderson’s sons were defeated. ; The Labourites Kirkwood, Ed Morel, and Scrymgeour were elected. The Liberal, Ramsay Muir, was defeated in a three-cornered fight at Rochdale, which a Labourite gained after a recount with a maiority of 117. The Labourite Snell, who has just returned from Fast Africa, was elected for Woolwich East and defeated a Conservative. Sir Douglas Hogg, with a majority of 15,527 over the Labourite Percy Harris was elected for Southwest Bethnell Green, defeating a Conservative and a Communist with a majority of 211. . Lord Henry Bentinck, a Conservative, defeated a Labourite for Nottingham South, where a Liberal stood down. The intervention of' Tom Wing, Grimsby, resulted, in the Conservative increasing his majority over Labour to 6613. The Conservatives gained five London seats from the Liberals and Labour. A Conseravtive, Sir'P. Dawson, in a three-cornered fight at Lewisham West, increased his majority by 12.942 defeating the Labourite, Mrs" Barbara Drake, and the Liberal, O’Malley, poet and critic.—Reuter. C. J. C. Squire, Liberal was defeated in a three-cornered fight at Brentford. A‘ Conservative, Mrs Hulse, was among the three defeated.? at Derby A Conservative, lan Fraser, a blind ex-service man, gained North St. Paneras m a three-cornered fight. . Panoras is now solidly Conservative. Mrs Elias, a daughter of Dr. Macnamara, was defeated at Camberwell In a three-cornered fight for Southeast Southwark a Labourite, Naylor retained the »eat. . " A Communist, Geddes, was defeated in a three-cornered contest at Greenock which remained Liberal. Sir, Lloyd Graeme was elected for Hendon.

Colonel John Ward, an Independent. Labourite d r St ° ke ’ defeatin g a

?. i , rst ’ Bradford South from the Liberal, H. S. Spencer, and a Conservative.

how polling went. SOME BIG SURPRISES. LONDON, Oct. 30. The outstanding features of the election results are as follows: Mr H. H. Asquith (the Liberal leader) was defeated by 2228 votes at Paisley. Mr Arthur Henderson (Home Secretary) was elected for Burnley in a three-cornered fight bv a majoritv of 4465, compared with 7037 in the February by-election, in a straight fight with a Conservative. Mr Kinloclc Cooke defeated Sir Donald McLean (Liberal) at Cardiff East. Mr Austen Chamberlain (Conservefive), Sir Hamar Greenwood (Liberal), and Sir Newton Moore (Conservative) were successful. Mr V. Leach (Under-Secretary for Air), Bradford Central, is ainon** the defeated. . A. Labourite succeeded in his intention of defeating the Liberal’s chance at Nottingham Central, where a Conservative (Mr Bennett) gained the seat from the Liberals by a majority of 8255. Mr Baldwin’s son, Oliver, a Labourite, was defeated at Dudley, but reduced the Conservative majority to 885. The Liberal candidate stood down. Sir "W. Lugden (Conservative) gained Hartlepool, defeating the Liberal (Mr W. A. Jowitt), who voted for the Government in the Workers’ Weekly ease division. Sir W. Lugden’s majority was 3353. Mr Jowitt’s majority last December was 144. In a three-cornered fight Major Oowen (Conservative), who lost both legs in the war, retained the Fairfield division of Liverpool, defeating Mrs Mercer, the Mayor-elect of Birkenhead, by a majority of 5865. ’ Mr R. A. Taylor (Labour), the Mayor-elect of Lincoln, gained Lincoln from the Conservative candidate (Mr Davies) in a triangular fight by a majority of 39. Mr Taylor, who is a shop assistant, and am ex-student of Ruskin College, was propagandist for agricultural labourers. Mr J. R. Clvnes (deputy-leader of the House) wa9 elected for the Plat*

ting division of Manchester in a threecornered fight with a majority of 1065. Mr Tom Mann was defeated in Notts East in a three-cornered fight, a Conservative gaining the seat. Nottingham is now represented by three Conservatives and one Labourite. General Sir A. Holland (Conservative) gained Northampton from the Labour candidate, Miss Margaret Bondfield (Secretary for Labour), in a triangular fight, the Liberal being a boot manufacturer, Mr Mansfield. Mr Stephen Walsh (Minister , for War) was re-elected for the Inee division of Lancashire, defeating the Conservative candidate (Colonel Gabriel), late of the Indian Civil Service. A Conservative (Mr Duff-Cooper) gained one seat at Oldham from Labour, the second seat being retained by Sir Edward Grigg (Liberal). During the campaign Lady Diana Duff-Cooper promised to dance in public in wooden clogs if her husband was returned. Mr F. W. Jowett, Labour member for Bradford East, was defeated, a Liberal capturing the seat. Mr. L. 0. Amerv (Conservative), a former Colonial Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty, was re-elected. Miss Susan Lawrence, one of Labour’s women members in the last Parliament, was defeated. Mr T. J. Macnamara (Liberal) was behind on the first count. Mrs Muriel Porter was beaten at Hastings. Mr C. P. Treleaven (Labour) defeated the New Zealander (Mr F. M. B. Fisher) at Neweastle-on-Tyne. Mr Saklatvala, the Communist, beat. Mr Hogbin for Battersea North. Sir Harry Brittain (Conservative) was re-elected, beating Mr Levinson. Lady Astor (Conservative), Britain’s first woman M.P., was re-elected for the Sutton division of Plymouth. The Liberal housing expert, Mr Edward Simon, was defeated for Whitington division of Manchester by a Conservative, Mr Watts, by a majority of 3198, in a four-cornered fight.

The famous oarsman, Mr R. C. Bourne (Conservative), retained Oxford with an increased majority of 5360. ‘ '

The Liberals gained the University of Wales, defeating Labour. Mr Christian, a Pacifist Labourite, won Barnsley, though the Conservative stood down to give the Liberal a straight fight, but the majority was reduced to 953. The intervention of the Liberals at Exeter and Farnworth, in Lancashire, resulted in an increase in the Conservative majority at Exeter to 8163 and a decrease in the Labour majority at Farnworth to 2806.

Miss Wilkinson, a Labourite, the first woman elected, gained Middlesborough in a three-cornered fight. Mr Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) held Ladywood (Birmingham) against a hot attack by Mr Oswald Mosley (Labour) with a majority of 77, the Liberal candidate polling only 539. The result was announced after five recounts.

It is notable that both Mr Arthur Henderson’s sons were beaten, Arthur junior in Cardiff and William in Enfield.

The personal popularity'of Mr J. H. Thomas (Colonial Secretary) in the railway centre of Derby assured his reelection, but he was chagrined by having a Conservative colleague at West-, minster (Mr Luce), who defeated Mr Haynes, the second of the Labour string, by 250 votes. Mr Tom Mann, who stood as'a Communist in Nottingham East, forfeits his . deposit.

Mr E. Ashmead-Bartlett gained Hammersmith North from a Labourite (Mr Gardner). He was the author of the famous despatch describing- the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Despite Mr Lloyd George’s intervention in North-west Camberwell, Mr T. J. Macnamara was at the bottom of the poll, being 4500 below the Conservative. It is recalled that Lady Bonham Carter (daughter, of Mr H. H. Asquith) said on Tuesday that her father would not stand again if defeated. Lord Eustace Percy (Conservative) was re-elected for Hastings, defeating the Labourite. Mrs Mary Hamilton was one of the unsuccessful Labour candidates at Blackburn, where Mr J. Duckworth (Liberal) and Sir S, Henn (Conservative) were re-elected. A Conservative gained Bath from a Liberal in a three-cornered contest in which a Labourite intervened to spoil the Liberal’s chances. The Labourite, Mr Petliick' Lawrence, the eriginator of the capital levy scheme, was, re-elected in "Leicester West. Sir Walter Defrece (Conservative), husband of Vesta Tilley, gained Blackpool from a Liberal (Colonel Meyler). The Parsee Communist, Mr S. Saklatvala, regained Battersea North by a majority of 502 from Mr Hogbin (Liberal), who ousted him last December. Mr Hogbin is the leader of the Liberal group which tends to support the Conservatives.

Mr Masterman, a former Liberal Minister, was defeated by Mr Merriman (Conservative) in a. three-cornered fight for the Rusholme division of Manchester, where a Communist, Mr Paul, was assisted by Mr Campbell, editor of the Workers’ Weekly. The veteran Labourite, Mr J. Sexton, was re-elected for St. Helen’s, Lancashire, defeating Miss Pilkington (Conservative). Mr Asquith, having been defeated at Paisley, retires from public life in accordance with his announced intention. The successful candidate at Paisley was the Labour advocate, Mr Rosslyn Mitchell, whose majority was 2228. Mr W. Leach (Under-Secretary for Air), who was defeated in Bradford Central, was famous for his pacifist, speeches when in office. Mr Stood (Liberal) was downed in a straight fight, the Conservative candidate, Colonel Gadie, winning hv 1202.