DEFEAT OF LABOR
BRITISH MUNICIPALITIES SWING TO CONSERVATIVES (Received Nov, 3, 21 p,m.) LONDON, Nov. 2. The municipal election returns thus far indicate the folloAvjng gains aiid losses:
The largest Labor losses occurred in Sheffield, Plymouth, Salford, Cardiff. Birmingham, Blackburn, Liverpool, and Leeds. Last year Labor gained 112 seats against a. loss of 12, and Conservatives gained 11 and lost 61; Liberals, 13 and 28, and (be. Independents 10 and 32i
Tim Daily Herald describes the result as disappointing, but not surprising. It would’ have been miraculous if sooner or later the pendulum SAvingingi to the Labor victory, year after year, did not' momentarily swing back to the Tories' and Liberals,
Gains Losses Conservatives ... ... 79 10 Labor ... 27 92 Liberals ... 9 17 Independents ... . ... 24 20
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17406, 3 November 1930, Page 8
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