LOCAL BODIES POLL
LONDON BOROUGHS LABOUR'S LARGE GAINS (Received November 3, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Nov. 2 The latest position as the result of the elections in the London boroughs is as follows: — Gains Losses Labour 56 3 Municipal Reform Party 2 45 Independents 0 2 Communists 1 0 Labour with its 53 net gains has 732 seats, while the Municipal Reform Party and other parties with a net loss of 43 hold 505 seats. The London results so far denote few changes in the political control of the councils.
COUNTRY REVERSES LOSSES IN THE NORTH r orFASCISTS ALL . DEFEATED (Received November 3, 11 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 3 The outcome of the municipal elections is that the Labour Party has again improved its position in London whore for the next three years it will control 17 out of 28 metropolitan boroughs, but it has lost seats on the balance in the country. The reverses were heaviest in the north of England. Forty-nine Fascists contested seats in the country and 10 in London. All were defeated. Only one Communist was returned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22877, 4 November 1937, Page 11
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