LABOUR PARTY RETAINS SEAT
FEWER VOTES AT GATESHEAD.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 9
The Gateshead by-election, caused by the death of Sir J. B. Melville (Labour) resulted as follows:—
H. Evans (Labour) 22,893 C. Headlani (Conservative) .... 21,501 The voting at the general election in 1929 was:—
Sir J. B. Melville (Labour) .. 28,393 L. Orr-Ewing (Conservative) 11,644 J. Fennell (Liberal) 10,314 J. L. Watson (Independent) 3,688
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1931, Page 7
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