COMPLETE ROUT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17610, 28 October 1931, Page 8

COMPLETE ROUT

LABOR IN BRITAIN MANY LEADERS DEFEATED HENDERSON OUT BY 9000 A GREAT NATIONAL VOTE (Uloc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Oct 28, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 27. “From Socialist fog to National sunshine,” was the Evening News’ symbolic streamer when tho morning fog, which was very dense in many parts of the country, dispersed, the sun shining brilliantly. Polling throughout the day was unpreecdently heavy. Britain now awaits the verdict with bated breadth, while the whole world equally awaits the decision. Thousands visited cabarets and clubs to hear the results, while many millions more were listening by the firesides. The broadcasting companies are carrying on until 4 o’clock tomorrow morning.

Special tape machines have been installed at Buckingham Palace for the King to receive the results. The Prince of Wales is listening at Ills country house, Belvedere, and the Duke and Duchess of York at Piccadilly House. Never before has there been greater interest. The cable companies have engaged a special staff to deal with the traffic. Mauy American papers are taking the complete results. Arrangements for the distribution of news included special broadcasts for liners homeward and outward hound. EVIDENCE OF LANDSLIDE There were many proofs of exceptional enthusiasm. By 7 o’clock in the morning a queue at North Lambeth was headed by 30 nurses from night duty, determined, to vote before going to bod. Firemen returning drenched from a fire at Plymouth stopped at a polling booth, marched in and voted in a body. Polling closed under a thick blanket of fog, which caused many lost votes, workers arriving to find the polling booths closed.

The first 300 voting papers at South Portsmouth were not oftically stamped. The validity of the votes will be decided later. Theatres and greyhound tracks are remaining open until 2 o’clock in tho morning, the results being displayed on screens. Tfio first returns at 9.45 p.m. gave an immediate suggestion of a landslide. There were huge increases in the Conservative majorities at Hornsey and Cheltenham, notably the former, where there was a gain of 15,654 votes. Close on its - heels came smashing reversals at North and West Salford, Ben Tillett biting the dust at the former to the tune of 11,880 votes, compared with a 1929 majority of 3726. EX-MINISTERS. DEFEATED Rear-Admiral Campbell, Nationalist, defeated Mr. Arthur Henderson, Labor, by 9000 votes. Hornsey and Cheltenham were regained by the Conservatives in straight fights, both with enormously increased majorities. Hastings provided a significant example of the surprising accession of Conservative strength, Lord Eustace Percy gaining 6700 votes, and the National-Liberal losing 4400, and the Laborite 1600. Exter afforded the first test of National Labor against official Labor, the former prevailing to the extent of 613 through official Labor dropping 1403 votes. A remarkable fact i.s Labor bad not moved in the first ICO minutes after tho first, declaration. Not a single success was recorded, whereas there were 16 Conservative and two National-Liberal wins. Following Mr. Ben Tillett’s significant Labor defeat was the defeat of the veteran, Sir James Sexton, at St. Helen’s, where his majority of 8105 was wiped out for a Conservative one of 2430. Sir James Sexton was one of tho most respected trade unionists. Results continued to indicate that the Liberals wero voting solidly with tho Conservatives where there were straight fights, Conservative against Labor. One instance was at Stoke-Ewington, where the 1929 Conservative vote was 9030, and the Liberal 7958, making a total of 16,988 now compared with a 16,035 Conservative vote against Labor's 5837. Tlio second National Liberal gain was at Dewsbury. Formerly there was a three-eornorod contest, but now there was a straight light, where Labor was in a minority of S3G2. An enormous increase in the Conservative majority occurred at ‘Wallasey, the majority of 7529 in 1929 swelling to 32,449. Warrington registered a Conservative gain from Labor, a substantial majority of 4343 replacing Labor’s 3585. The New Party so far has figured in only one contest, Ashton-under-Lyne, where the candidate was at tho bottom of the poll with 424. The state of tho parties at 11 p.m. was as follows: — Government: Conservatives .. 62 Nat. Liberals . , .. 14 Total .. ... Opposition: Labor .. .. .. 6 Liberal J Total ~ .. The party gains and losses wore as follows: — Gains Losses Conservatives . . .. 6 0 Nat. Liberals .. .. 14 0 Labor .. .. .. 0 (1 Liberals .. .. fi 13 Others .. .. .. 0 1. DETAILED RESULTS Results so far announced are as follows, members of the old Parliament being indicated by an asterisk, and the polling at the last general elections also being shown: —• A SIT T ON i U N D ER -TV NIL *Cnloncl Broad bent (Con.) ... 15,652 J. W. Gordon (Lab.) ... 11,074 T. J. Middleton (Lib.) ... 2,696 C. B. Hobhouse (New Party) 424 No change, 1929: Lab., 13,170; Con., 9763; Lib., 6693. Labor lost file seat at a by-election in 1930. BURNLEY Admiral Campbell (Nat.) ... (35,126 ‘Arthur Henderson (Lab.) ... 26,917 Rushton (Comm.) 512 Nationalist gain. 1929: Lab., 28,091; Coil., 20.137; Lib.. 12,602. HASTINGS ‘Lord Eustace Percy (Con.) ... 22,640 Miss Isabel Goddard (Lab.) 4,893 T. A. Spearing (Nat.-Lib.) ... 4,561 No change. 1929: Con., 13,928; Lib., 8004; Lab., 6516.

WORCESTER •Crawford 'Greene (Con.) ... 16.357 B. R. Fan-bairn (Nat.-Lib.) 6,610 Hubert Bolton (Lab.) ... 3,874 No change. 1920: Con., 13,181; Lab., 8208; Lib., 6588. , 'f; r: SALFORD WEST - ' Lieut.-Com. Fastbliry (Con.) ... 24,085 *A. Haycock (Lab.) ... ... 12,320 Conservative gain. 1929: Lib., 15,647} Con., 15,289; Lib., 5614. SALFORD NORTH J. fi. Morris (Con.) ... 25,751 *Bon Tillett (Libor) ... ... 13,271 j Conservative gain. 1929: Lab., 17.333} Con., 13,687; Lb., 6609. STOCKTON-ON-TEES 11. MacMillan (Con.) ... ... 29,189 *E. F. Riley (Lab.) 18,168 Conservative,, gain. 1929: Lab.* 18,961; Con., 16.572; Lib., 10,407. HYTHE *Sir Philip Sassoon (Don.) ... 20,277 Miss G. M. Colmau (Lab.) ... 3,608 No change. 1929: Con., 12,982; Lib., 6912; Lab., 2597. ST. HELEN’S 1L A. Spencer (Con.) 26,131 *Sir James Sexton (Lab.) ... 23,701 Consorvativo gain. 1929: Lkb., 27,665; Con., 19,560. WALLASEY Lt.-Cbl. Moore-Brabazon (Con.) 40,161, J. D. Mack (Lab.) ... ... 7,712 L No change. 1929: Cion., 21,456; Lib, 13,628; Lab., 11,544. HACKNEY SOUTH Miss F. M. Graves- (Con.) ... 15,920 ‘Herbert Morrison (Lab.) ... 12,827 Conservajbiva gain. 1929: Lab., 15,590; Con.. 8222; Lb., 6302; Cbm., 331. MIDDLESBOROUGH EAST }l E. J. Young (Nat.-Lib.) ... 18,409 * Ellen Wilkinson (Lab.) ... 12,080 Nat.-Lib. gain. 1929: Lib., 12,215; Lb., 9016; Com, 8278. " ■ LIVER.POQL-EDGE HILL Sir Hugo Rutherford (Con.) ... 19,901 •Jack Hayes (Lab.) \ 11,722 Conservative gain. 1929: Lab., 17,650: Con., 11,622; Lib., 2581.

THE EARLY RETURNS LARGELY INDUSTRIAL AREAS (Tor Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. . The following message has been received by the Prime Minister’s Deportment:—“British elections: In nine constituencies no change took place. ,A feature of the early returns, which came chiefly from large centres ot population and are representative ot industrial areas where the Labor Party registered gains at the previous elections, is the heavy turnover of votes to the National Government candidates, confirming the prediction of experienced political observers iff tho last few weeks. The results sq far show a net gain of 11 seats by tfiDf . National Mr. Arthfir Henderson, tho Labor leader, lost his! seat.” V