CLEAR MAJORITY SO FAR.
MANY LABOUR LOSSES. LIBERAL LEADER DEFEATED: HIS PARTY ROUTED. At two o'clock this morning less than half the returns of the British Election were to hand; but so far the Conservatives, who have gained heavily from both Labour and the Liberals, have easily more than an absolute majority of the seats decided. The feature of the earlier returns is the heavy loss suffered by the Liberal Party. Mr Asquith himself was defeated, and stalwarts of the party are missing all along the line. The latest figures show the position thus:— CONSERVATIVES .. ..165 LABOT/R 75 LIBERALS .. .. ..23 OTHERS .. ... ~. ■ 4 The gains are: Conservatives: From Liberals 30 From Labour 28 Liberals: From Labour 7 Labour: From Liberals 12 From Conservatives 6 Communist: From Liberals 1
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 9
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127CLEAR MAJORITY SO FAR. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 9
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