CONSERVATIVE WIN

Southland Times, Issue 19389, 1 November 1924, Page 5

CONSERVATIVE WIN

POLITICAL LANDSLIDE A CLEAR MAJORITY OBTAINED ROUT OF THE LIBERALS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, October 30. (Received October 31, 11.5 p;m.)' This morning the declarations of the polls at the General Election of members of the House of Commons opened ’with the Conservative tide still flowing strongly. Early returns showed that the great Labour attack in the counties was not promising well. When yesterday’s Conservative victories turned to-day into a landslide which represented a turnover unequalled since 1906, all calculations were upset. A Conservative majority over all parties was expected, but nobody anticipated that it would ba effected by the practical annihilation of the Liberal Party. STATE OF THE PARTIES The latest official return discloses the following position .- CONSERVATIVES .. 414 LABOUR 146 LIBERALS ... » .., 36 OTHERS .. .. ... „„ .. .. ... ... 4 The five outstanding University polls will be declared between November 1 and 13, the Armagh, Fermanagh and Tyrone results to-morrow and the Inverness (Western Isles) in a few days. Conservative headquarters are in very high spirits and are of the opinion that the results of the election are most satisfactory, fulfilling anticipations. A high official of the Liberal Party to-day declared that the returns overwhemingly demonstrated the need for such reform of the electoral system as would deliver the country from the peril of minority representation. THE ROUT OF THE LIBERAL PARTY The rout of the Liberal Party is regretted in political circles. Even the Conservatives regret the eclipse of their historic opponents. However, the Liberals staunchly declare that the eclipse is only temporary and suggest that the disaster was due, not so much to the fact that the country voted against the Liberals as to the fact that it voted against Labour. Undoubtedly many voters, who normally support the Liberals voted Conservative in order to keep out Labour. The Liberals are of the opinion that the informal pact was to the advantage of the Conservatives more than the Liberals, as the Conservatives did not vote for the Liberals so freely as the Liberals did for the Conservatives. ?ROBABLE COURSE OF EVENTS. , Well informed members of the Labour Party express the opinion now that Mr Ramsay MacDonald will resign before Parliament meets to allow time for the formation of a Conservative Cabinet which will submit the King’s Speech to the House of Commons. One objection to Mr MacDonald’s immediate resignation is his intention to fully inquire into the Zinoveiff letter.

AFTER THE CONTEST. INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE WINSTON CHURCHILL’S GREAT VICTORY. WOMEN FARE BADLY. LONDON, October 31. (Received, November 1, 1 a.m.) Some of the chief returns are:— EPPING DIVISION. Winston Churchill (Conservative) 19,843 Sharp (Liberal) 10,084 McPhie (Labour) 3,200 Conservative absolute majority 6,499 CARNARVON. D. Lloyd George (Liberal) 16,058 Professor Zimmerman (Labour) 3,301 Liberal Majority 12,757 ABERAVON. Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) 17,724 Williams (Liberal) .. .. 15,624 Labour majority 2,100 LICHFIELD. Wilson (Conservative) .. 14,588 Frank Hodgee (Labour) .. 12,512 Conservative .majority .. .. 2,076 4 Conservative gain. THE WOMEN CANDIDATES. Only four women were elected out of 41 candidates namely Lady Astor, the Duchess of Atholl. Mrs Philipson (Conservative, and a newcomer) and Miss Wilkinson (Labour). Last year eight women were returned. The women secured 401,750 votes. SUPPORT FOR LABOUR. The Marquir 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 are without vision. “I have no faith in the Liberal leaders” he said. “Labour is the only progressive party. I have the greatest admiration for Mr Ramsay MacDonald and believe he will solve the present trouble.” I is stated that the Marquis of Tavisstock is heir to £10,000,000. SOME CLOSE CONTESTS. Several very close contests are recorded. At West Leeds, after a second recount, the Labourite had a majority of one, another recount is proceeding. ELECTION ROWDYISM. As a sequel to disorderly scenes at Battersea Town Hall on election night, five men were charged at the Police Court to-day. Two of them pleaded neurasthenia and were remanded. Three were discharged. One who is mentally deficient, was told to resume work. EXCITING AFFRAY. The Conservative slogan—Vote for the Union Jack against the Red flag—led to an exciting affray outside the Leyton Town Hall last night. Labour supporters paraded in front of the building bearing a Red 'flag which was several times pulled down. Then a Union Jack appeared and was greeted with cheers and counter cheers. Suddenly a rush was made for the Union Jack and there was a short sharp fight in which policemen were struck and helmets knocked off. Finally the flag was again hoisted amid cheers and the appearance of mounted constables brought comparative quiet.

POLITICAL FIGHTING. Miss Margaret Bondfield, who was, defeated, speaking at Northampton, referred to the way the party was handicapped by her absence in Canada in the early part of the campaign. She declared that some statements made about the Labour Party and incidentally about herself, were scandalous. The Conservative Party were bringing political fighting down to the level of fights in the old Roman boroughs when there was nothing but misrepresentation and corruption. CONSERVATIVES SWEEP COUNTIES. In the counties the Conservative triumph was remarkable. Essex, Sussex, Herts, Berkshire, Bucks, Hants, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Dorsetshire, Kent, Surrey and Bedfordshire went completely Conservative. CAUSE OF LABOUR DEFEAT. Mr J. H. Thomas, (Colonial Secretary), interviewed at Derby, said that he would be a hypocrite if he did not say that he was frankly disappointed. The main factor in the turnover was that ante-Labour combination and also the Russian letter at the last moment. The latter played a tremendous part but he was not in the least dismayed. THE BLOW TO LIBERALISM. How great is the blow Liberalism has received is shown in the fact that old strong-holds like Cornwall and Devon have gone entirely Conservative. The triumph of the Conservatives is not confined to any area or type of seat. It is as noticeable in the industrial as in agricultural centres and extends to the Clyde and other parts of Scotland. Mr Stanley Baldwin is receiving shoals of telegrams of congratulations. He is leaving for the a short rest in the country after the strain of the campaign. ‘THE VICTORY OF THE COMMON PEOPLE” The Daily Mail says it is the victory of the common people over the forces of folly and disorder. The country needs a Government with the same firmness and contempt for delusions as the electors have shown.” Mr Stanley Baldwin in a congratulatory message to his supporters says “You have achieved a phenomenal victory more than justifying the confidence I have always had in the political judgment and common sense of the British people when confronted by a grave issue.” INCREASE IN LABOUR VOTE. Labourites are not too disappointed with the result of the election to point out that the aggregate Labour vote shows a marked increase, but the luck was against them as regards representation. They declare that Labour as the only alternative Government must sooner or later gain an absolute majority. ELECTION GAINS. The gains are: Conservatives 52 from Labour and 103 from the Liberals. Labour: From Liberals 16, from Conservatives 7. Liberals: 9 from Labour. Communist: One from Liberals. There were two Ulster Conservative gains, defeating Sinn Fein Republicans. THE NEWS IN GERMANY. BERLIN, October 30. The magnitude of the Conservative victory in Britain and the overwhelming Liberal losses surprised the Press which unani-

mously agrees that Mr Stanley Baldwin’s Premiership will not mean any change in foreign policy as far as Germany is concerned and the fall of the Labour Government will ndt detrimentally affect AngloGreman relations, except possibly in regard to commercial negotiations. THE DEFEATED PBEMIEK THE WORK BEFORE THE TORIES. GREAT INCREASE IN. LABOUR VOTE. October 31. (Received November 1, 1 a.m.). Mr Ramsay MacDonald, in the course of a speech at Cardiff, said that they sometimes found that defeat was the finest thing that could happen to any party. In view of the state of trade and the general outlook, he did not envy the Tory Party their job. Mr MacDonald added that Labour’s poll of 5,000,000 votes was a wonderful manifestation of its - power. Vast crowds heard the result at Aberavon, where Mr Ramsay MacDonald’s supporters frenziedly sang the Red Flag. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, who appeared weary after the campaign, said: “Labour is up against the maximum reactionary movement, but let them all come.” MR ASQUITWS DEFEAT. GENERAL REGRET EXPRESSED. DOES NOT INTEND TO RETIRE. LONDON, October 30. (Received October 31, 11 p.m.). Mr Asquith’s defeat is attributed to the Conservatives withholding their support and so marking their displeasure at his placing the Labourites in power in January. It leaves the road clear for Mr Lloyd George to assume the leadership. Mr Asquith says that his defeat was due to a steady growth of the Socialist position penetrating certain parts of Scotland. Mr Asquith, on leaving Glasgow for Euston, stated that he. did not intend to retire from public life, but would stand again. Mr Asquith’s defeat breaks the previously unbroken Liberal rqpord of 92 years for Paisley. Mr Asquith accepted his defeat most composedly. He smiled when he told Mrs Asquith and his daughter, Lady Bonham Carter, when the result was about to be declared: “I am down.” Addressing his supporters subsequently, Mr Asquith said that he was profoundly disappointed with the result, but they must accept the decision in the spirit of sportsmen and true Britons. Mr James Maxton and the Clydesiders had much to do with the defeat of Mr Asquith. Though Mr Mitchell, the victor, is a totally different type from the other Scottish Labourites, he is young, a successful Glasgow lawyer and a member of the Glasgow Town Council. He contested one previous election as a Liberal. He is one of the most polished orators in the Labour movement. His cultured platform style and facility of descriptive phrases have earned for him the sobriquet of “The Pocket Roseberry.” The Evening Standard attributes Mr Asquith’s defeat to the action of the Conservative women of Paisley, who declared, when the Conservative candidate withdrew in accordance with the pact with the Liberals, that they would neither vote nor work for Mr Asquith. Mr Asquith, interviewed, said that he was disappointed but not disheartened. Liberalism was by no means dead. All sections of political thought expressed very keen sympathy with Mr Asquith. It is generally felt that the House of Commons can ill-spare one of the foremost Parliamentarians of modern times. “THE RED PLOT FAILS.” STABLE GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. PROBABLE CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY. PRESS COMMENT ON THE OUTCOME. LONDON, October 3L (Received October 31, 10.45 pm.) “A stable Government is now possible for four years,” is the pronouncement of all moderate politicians. Even the Liberals, who are bitterly disappointed and even resentful at the debacle their Party suffered, insist upon this aspect of the situation. Cabinet will meet on Friday to consider the question of resignation. If Mr Ramsay MacDonald decides to meet Parliament, he will thus get time to clear up the rights and wrongs of the Zinoviev publication.* A want of confidence motion would be carried on November 26, but Mr Stanley Baldwin will already have prepared a list of Ministers for submission to the King. COMPOSITION OF MINISTRY. It is expected that Mr Austen Chamberlain will be Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Birkenhead may succeed Lord Cave, who is in poor health, as Lord Chancellor. Mr Neville Chamberlain is likely to have the portfolio of Labour, Lord Derby of War, Colonel Amery of the Admiralty, and Sir Philip Lloyd-Graeme will be President of the Board of Trade. The addition of Sir Robert Horne and Mr Winston Churchill will make the Cabinet far stronger than Mr Baldwin’s ill-fated first Administration. No less than 64 candidates, including Mr Tom Mann, forfeited the deposit of £l5O because they failed to poll one-eighth of the total votes. Five of those penalised are women. Baron Huntingfield, a Queenslander, was elected for Eye Division of Suffolk. Mr J. R. Clynes, interviewed, said: “The Labour defeat is a political disaster. It is due to the manner in which the Tory leaders were able to exploit a misunderstanding and racial feeling in regard to Labour’s Russian policy. We are certain that the Conservatives ■'later on will suffer the mortification of making an arrangement with Russia similar to that which Labour proposed. They won’t dare to reverse Labour’s foreign policy.” “TORY IMPERIALISM.” The Workers’ Weekly, commenting on the sweeping victory of what it calls “Tory Imperialism,” says: “After eight months, the Labour Government aroused neither enthusiasm nor hope. It betrayed the principles of the class it represents. The Labour leaders have been guilty of treachery, which brought about their defeat.” The political correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: “Mr Stanley Baldwin’s laijge majority was given him in a panic. The Zinoviev letter convinced large sections of the electors that the Government was under the control of dangerous extremists. The electors saw red. There is a general agreement that women played a great part in this revolt. Though the Liberals nominated nearly 100 fewer candidates than in 1923, they polled almost 3,000,000 votes. They are therefore entitled to two and a-half times as many members as they got.” NEED FOR REAL DEMOCRACY. The Daily Express says: “The Conservar tive triumph confounds the wildest optimism. It was largely due to the advocacy of the popular newspapers. The Opposition in the new Parliament will be dangerously weak, and Conservatives must steadfastly resist the tendency towards the Right. The revulsion against extreme Socialism does not mean that the electors desire four years of extreme Die-hardism. Tory Democracy must be a real democracy.” The Daily Telegraph points out that: “It is in the centres of industrial population that the Socialists were routed. It is the masses whom the Labour Party profess to know and understand better than others who have been quietly awaiting the opportunity to rid themselves of Mr Ramsay MacDonald and his colleagues. Notice to quit was never served on any Ministry in a more imperative form.” “THE HORRIBLE EVIL.” The Morning Pots says: “The electorate has given the Conservative Party dear indications that its first duty is to fight this

horrible evil of international Socialism. Let us make no mistake. The fight is not over; it is only beginning. The Communists, driven out from their hold upon the Government, will seek to avenge themselves through the power they maintain in our industrial life. The Communists brought about the downfall of the Socialist Government They first undermined the Government in the trade unions, and then forced them ijito such extreme courses as the Russian Treaty and the withdrawal of the Campbell case. They followed even to the polls with Zinoviev’s letter. They made Communism the issue at these elections.” , “EXPLOITATION OF FEAR.” The Daily Herald says: “At all events we know where we are. We have shaken off false friends. The three party system was a nuisance. The English mind could not understand it. It would have taken a long time to destroy it by gradually beating the Liberals. Fortunately, they decided to save us that trouble. They committed suicide.” The Herald proceeds to affirm that opponents had a fresh lie every morning. As soon as it was exposed they got another ready. ' The paper concludes: “One of the duties of the Labourites now is to reason with British Communists and persuade them to drop the notion that a few obscure people could somehow bulldoze Britain and hold it down by force. The Red Plot was an imbecility, and the exploitation of fear, especially the women’s fear, would have been impossible but for the noisy threats of British Communism.” VOTES FOR THE PARTIES. The Morning Pots states that the votes cast for the Conservatives and Constitutionalists totalled 7,807,524, for the Socialists 5,503,197, Liberals 2,877,349, Independents 79,730, Communists 45,582, and Republicans 18,790. THE PERSONAL ASPECT. THE ELECTED AND THE DEFEATED. MANY NOTABLES GO DOWN. LONDON, October 31. (Received October 31, 11.5 pjn.) A Conservative, Hon Mrs Brodrick, was defeated by a Liberal, Mr Davies in Denbigh. A Conservative, Mr Templeton, gained Banff in a triangular fight. . A Conservative, Mr Hutchison, gained North Midlothian from Labour. At Caerphilly Mr Morgan Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education), was re-elected, but his majority was reduced by one half. A Conservative, Mr Ford, gained Edinburgh North in a triangular contest, defeating the Labourite, Miss Stewart and a Liberal. A Conservative, Mr Mirchison, regained Huntingdon from the Labourite, Mr Costello. Sir Robert Lynn (Conservative), was reelected for West Belfast in a triangular conr test, the Republican (Mr Nash), being at the bottom of the poll, and securing only 2688 out of over 50,000 votes. Sir Malcolm MacNaghton (Conservative), was re-elected for Londonderry by a majority of 25,000, over the Republican, Mr MacWhinney. Mr Stanford (Labour), retained West Leeds in a triangular contest, four recounts resulting in a majority of three over the Conservative. The Conservatives, Mr J. Pringle and Sir C. Fills gained seats in Fermanagh, defeating the Republicans, Messrs McCarten and Corrigan by majorities of 37,000. Mr Fleming, a Conservative, gained Dumbarton from Labour by a majority of 2351. Colonel Seely, in a triangular fight, captured Norfolk East for the Conservatives. Mr McKee, Sinn Feiner, was defeated in Armagh by a majority of 17,265. A Conservative, Colonel Hedlam, gained Barnard Castle from Labour. Captain Darcy Hall gained Brecon and Radnor for the Conservatives in a triangular fight. In a three-cornered' contest at Stirling and Falkirk, a Labourite, Mr Murnin, gained the seat from Mr Macßae (Liberal), and Mrs Shaw. The Bosworth seat was captured by the 'Conservative. A feature of the Birmingham elections was the Labour victory at King’s Norton, where Mr Dennison beat Sir Herbert Austin by 133, thus breaking the solid Unionist representation of Birmingham which had existed since 1886. One of the most surprising results in Scotland was the defeat of Mr E. Shinwell (Secretary of the Mines Department), for Linlithgowshire, where the Conservative turned a minority of 5000 into a majority of 600. Sir Alfred Mond was elected.

A Conservative ex-Minister, Sir Edgar Sanders gained Wells is a triangular fight against a Liberal and Independent-Liberal. A Labourite, Mrs Corner, was defeated at Farnham by a Conservative, the late Mr Bonar Law’s secretary. Mr Davidson gained Hemel Hempstead in a triangular contest in which the Labourite, Miss Sayle, was defeated. A Conservative, Mr Maclntyre, gained Edinburgh West from Mr Vivian Phillips. A Conservative, Mr Mitchell, gained Lanark in a triangular fight, defeating the Liberal (Miss Mitchell), and a Labourite. A Conservative, Mr Couper, gained Maryhill Division of Glasgow, from Mr J. W. Muir, Secretary of the Ministry of Pensions. A Labourite, Miss Spurell, was defeated in a triangular fight at Totnes, which is a gain for the Conservatives. A Labourite, Mr Shiels, gained Edinburgh East in a triangular contest, defeating the Liberal Whip, Mr James Hogge. A Conservative, Miss Laura Sandemas, was defeated by a Labourite for Aberdeen North.

A Conservative, Colonel Cookshank, gained Berwick and Haddington in a triangular fight. Mr James Maxton’s majority against the Conservative, Mr Bridgeton, was 6000. A Conservative, Mr Harrison, gained Bodmin from a notable Liberal, Mr Isaac Foot. The Liberal, Mrs Corbett, Ashby, and the Labourites Mrs Barbara Gould and Miss Picton Turberville, were defeated in triangular contests for Waterford, Northwich, and Stroud respectively. The Conservative, Mrs Middleton, was defeated for Wansbeck by a Labourite. Mr Lloyd George’s son, Gwillyro, was dedefeated in a triangular fight for Pembroke, which is a gain to the Conservatives. Viscount Sindon, a Conservative, gained in a triangular contest Shrewsbury, where the unsuccessful Labourite Lawley, is blind. A Conservative, Miss Irene Atard, was beaten by Mr Smillie at Morpeth. Shropshire, Essex and both the Renfrew Divisions went solidly Conservative. Cumberland is now represented by three Conservatives and one Labourite. Mr Asquith’s old Conservative antagonist, Sir Alexander Sprot, gained North Lanark from the Labourite, Mr Joseph Sullivan. A Conservative, Mr Mac Andrew, gained Ayr and Bute (Kilmarnock), from Labour with a majority of 11,000. A Conservative, Vice-Admiral Sir Henniker Hughan gained Galloway from the Liberal. Rev. Barr (Labour), gained Motherwell from an Orangeman, Mr Ferguson. A Republican, Mr Corvin, was defeated for Belfast North, with a majority of 33,000 votes. A Republican, Mr Murney, was defeated for Down with a majority of 49,836. The Labourite, Mr James Wignall, was elected for the Forest of Dean. Mr Ralph Hall Caine (Conservative), was elected in a triangular contest for Dorset East. Derwent Hall Caine (Labour), was defeated at Clitheroe (Lancashire), by Captain Brass (Conservative), who had just returned from Africa. They are the sons of the novelist, who, in the coune of a recent speech on behalf of Derwent, predicted that he would be a future Prime Minister. A Conservative, Lieut. Fanshawe, gained Clackmannan Wert from the Labour extremist, Mr Thomas Johnston, with a majority of 2M.

Messrs Robert Smilße and “Jack” Jones were both elected in the Labour interest.

A Conservative, Colonel J. B. Dodge, failed at Mile End. Mr John Scurr (Labour), being elected by a majority of 3,346. Mrs Simpson was defeated by a Conservative for Dorset West.

Suffolk went solidly Conservative. Sir L. Brassey (Conservative), was elected for Peterborough* in a triangular contest. Colonel England (Liberal), was elected for Heywood and Radcliffe in a straight out fight with Labour. He is a Constitutionalist ready to support the Conservatives. The Conservative, Sir H. Cayzer (brother of Lady Jellicoe), was elected for Portsmouth, defeating the Labour candidate, Miss Jessie Stephen. Portsmouth is now solidly Conservative.

A Labourite was elected for Ardwick, defeating the Conservative, Miss Jones. Major Wm. Ormsby-Gore, who is at present in East Africa, was re-elected for Stafford with an increased majority of 4,833 in a straight out fight with Labour. Commander Hilton, a young Liberal, and Captain G. Fairfax (Conservative), gained Norwich, defeating Mr W. R. Smith (Secretary to the Board of Agriculture), and Miss Dorothy Jewson. The Liberal was defeated at West Islington in a triangular fight, Mr Frederick Montague (Labour), being re-elected. A Labourite, Mr John Robertson, was elected for Bothwell, defeating the Conservative, Mrs Helen Shaw, his majority being reduced by one half. The Secretary for Overseas Trade (Mr Wm. Lunn), was elected for Rothwell in a straight out fight with a Liberal. The Liberal organiser, Mr W. M. Pringle, was at the bottom of the poll at Penistose, where Mr Smith (Labour), was returned by a majority of 1,279 over the Conservative.

The Minister for Pensions, Mr Roberts, was elected for West Bromwich, in a straight fight with the Conservative. Manchester representation is completed. There are now six Conservatives, four Labourites and a Liberal.

Mr Hugh Edwards was elected for Accrington, defeating the Labourite, Mr Roden Buxton. He is a supporter of the Conservatives.

An ex-Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare (Conservative), was elected for Chelsea with a majority of 8155 in a three-cornered fight in which the Labourite, Mrs Bertrand Russell, and the Liberal, Mr Aneurin Williams, took part. Mr H. Gosling (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport), was elected for Whitechapel, defeating the Liberal, Mr Nathan.

Mrs Hilton Philipson (Conservative) was elected in a triangular contest for Berwick.

Mr W. Adamson (Secretary of State for Scotland), was elected for Cannock Division of Staffordshire.

Messrs Sidney Webb (President of the Board of Trade), William Graham (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), and Noel Buxton (Minister of Agriculture), were elected for Seaham, Edinburgh Central, and Norfolk, respectively. A Labourite gained a footing in Birmingham which has been solidly Conservative for forty years, Mr Dennison (Labourite), defeating the Conservative, Sir Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, and the Liberal, Mr Frewen. A Labourite, Doctor Salter, gained Bermondsey West from the Liberal, the Rev. Kedward, with a majority of 2902. A Communist (Mr Stewart), was among three defeated in Dundee, where Mr E. D. Morel (Labour), and Mr E. Scrymgeour (Independent Prohibitionist), were elected. An ex-taxi driver, Mr Ben. Smith (Labourite), was elected for Rotherhithe. Mr Tom Griffiths (Treasurer of the Household), was elected for Pontypool. Liverpool representation is completed with eight Conservatives, two Labourites, one Independent Liberal and Constitutionalist. Captain Guest gained Bristol North from the Labourite, Mr Ayles. Mr Walter Runciman, a Minister in the last Liberal Cabinet, gained Swansea West in a three-cornered fight, in which the economist, Mr Herwins (Conservative), was a candidate. Sheffield, where there were straight fights for all Divisions, no Liberals standing, returned three Conservatives and four Labourites. Conservatives gained Birkenhead East, Hackney- North and Hackney Central from the Liberals owing to Labourite candidates standing with a view to ejecting the Liberals. Dr Sheila Churchill was unsuccessful at Hackney North. She was known as the “Pink Socialist” owing to the charm wherewith she preached Socialism. Mr C. C. Ammon (Financial Secretary to the Admiralty), Colonel Wedgewood (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire), Mr Tom Shaw (Minister of Labour), and the Conservatives Sir Steel Maitland and Sir Joynson Hicks were elected. The Labourite, Miss Susan Lawrence, was defeated. Dame Gwynne Vaughan was defeated in a three-cornered fight against Mr C. G. Ammon (Labourite.) Mr Barefoot was defeated at Woolwich West by a Conservative, Sir King Sleywood, famous for his uncompromising attacks on Labour’s housing policy. Mrs Wintringham (Liberal), was defeated in a straight fight with the Conservative for Louth. Lady Terrington (Liberal), was defeated in a triangular contest for Wycombe. Major Astor (Conservative, and owner of The Times) was elected for Dover in a straight fight with Labour, by a majority of 13,559. The locomotive men’s leader, Mr Bromley, gained Barrow from the Conservative. Dr W. A. Chapple (Liberal), at one time M.P. for Tuapeka in the New Zealand House of Representatives, lost Dumfries to a Conservative, General Charteris, in a triangular contest, by a majority of 4,246. The Duchess of Athol, in a straight fight with Labour, had a majority of 8,279. The Under-Secretary for War, Major C. R. Atlee, was elected in a triangular fight for Limehouse Division of Stepney by a majority of 6,031. Mr Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer), was elected in a three-cornered contest for Colne Valley with a majority of 3,243. Mr Will Thorne, founder of the Labour Party, was elected for West Ham in a straight fight with a Conservative with a reduced majority of 8000. The Deputy-Speaker, Sir Robert Young, was elected for Newton in a straight fight with a Conservative, his majority being 2809. Sir L. Worthington Evans (Conservative) was elected for Colchester in a straight fight with Labour.