CONSERVATIVE DISMAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 11

CONSERVATIVE DISMAY.

HOPES FOR [THE MORROW*

REJOICINGS OF LABOUR.

SUCCESSES IN LONDON.

By Telegraph—Press Ar-sociation Copyright i (Received 1.30 *.m*) A. and N.Z. LONDON', Dec. u The announcements of successive Liberal and Labour gains and Conservative losses, which continued until the early hours of the morning, left Conservatives everywhere hoping that to-day's later results will straighten out Mr. Baldwin's majority* Labour gains, especially in the London centres, became impressive. Crowds in Labour centres hailed the defeats of Si? M. Barlow, Sir A. Mond, and Mr. Winston; Churchill as signal victories. The success of two of Mr. Henderson's sons, each, gaining a seat from a Conservative, consoled the father and his party for the loss of }, "3 Newcastle seat. Mr. Henderson's caaa curiously corresponds wit 1 his experience in the 1922 election, when he lost Widnes and had to wait till a by-election to secure a seat. Sir M. Barlow was strongly attacked by Labour for the dealings of the Labour Ministry with regard to unemployment. Wholly unexpected was the defeat of Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, chief agent of the Unionist Party. There is evidence of wide-spread Con* servative abstentions. There were some remarkable drops in majorities, notably at Grimsby, from 9499 to 1618; Wallasley, 7524 to 845 Exchange, Liverpool, 3036 to 229. Sir Edwin Stockton, whom the Morning Post called the most perverse and pronounced Conservative Free Tradei, lost tot a Liberal on a total poll of only 55 pet) cent, of the electorate.