UPS AND DOWNS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18219, 1 November 1924, Page 15

UPS AND DOWNS.

MORE LEADING RESULTS. Lt.-Col. H. Page Croft (Conservative) was elected, with an increased majority of 12,585, for Bournemouth, over the Labourite, Miss Minnie Pallister. [ln 1923: Croft <C.) *ot>, Dallow (L.) 9256, Miss Pnllister (Lab. 1 ) 5950. Lt.-Col. Croft has sat in Parliament since 1910. Ho was for several years chairman of the executive of the Tariff Reform League, anil of the group known as the National Party.) Mr A. Havday (Labour), famous for lug -0 children, retained Nottingham West, with a majority of 2902 over the Conservative Constitutionalist, Captain C. E. Losebv.

|ln 1923: Hayday (Lab.) 12,336, Litchfield (L."> 7370. Mr Havday has been a vice-president of the Nationa' Union of Wsrkrrs. Ho was for 14 years a member of the "West Ham Borr. 'gli Courci!.]

The locomotive men's leader. Mr J. Bromley, gained Barrow-in-Furness for Labour, from a Conservative. [ln 1923: Somerville (C. 1 ) 13,99(5, Bromley (Lab.) 13,570, Wandless (L.) 1931. This is Mr Bromley's first experience of Westminster.] Tho Labourite, Mr G. 11. Oliver, was re-elected for Ilkoston, Derby, in a three-cornered fight, defeating the Liberal, Lady Barlow, sister of Lord Denman, ex-Governor-General of Australia. [Mr Oliver is an engineor by trade, aiifl went to Derby front Lancashire when tho Eolls-Rovee Company established its works in tho Midlands. Ho lefc the Rolls-Royce service vo become an organising agent of the Workers' Union. In 1923: Oliver (Lab.) 9141, Freeman (C.) GSG6, Casey (L.) 011'?.] Ministers Re-Elected. At Aberavon, tho Premier was reelected, the figures being: Ramsay Mac Donald (Lab.) 17,724, Williams (L.) 15,624. [Last year Mr Mac Donald f s majority was larger—3sl2.] Mr Philip Snowden (Chancollor of the Exchequer) was re-elected in a triangular contest in Colno Valley with a majority of 3243. [Mr Snowden sat in tho Commons for Blackburn from 1906 to 191S, when he was defeated, but ho was returned for Colne Valley in 1922. He began life in tho (Jivil Service, but left that for journalism and lecturing. He had a minority win last year,] Tho Under-Secretary for War (Major C. R. Attlee) was elected in a triangular light in tho Limehoußo Division, Stepney, by a majority of 0031. [Major Attleo is a barrister and a lecturer in Social Science at the London School of Economies. Last, year, in a clear contest, he beat the Conservative eandidato by 0185 votes.] Mr F. O. Roberts (Minister of Pensions) was returned for West Broniwich in a straight fight with a Conservative. [Mr Roberts won on a minority voto | last year. lie lias represented tho constituency sinco 1918.] Mr R. J. Davies (Under-Socretary for Homo Affairs) was ro-elected for Lanes., Wostlioughton, with a reduced majority of 3000. [Mr Davies has represented the constituency since 1922. He is a leading Labour mombcr of tho Manchester City Council, and Beerotary of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers.] Tho Minister of Transport (Mr H. Gosling) was again elected for Whitechapel, defeating the Liberal, Mr Nathan. At Cao'rphilly, Mr Morgan Jones (Parliamentary Secretary for Education) was ro-elected, but his majority was halved. Other Ministers re-elected included: —Messrs Sidney Webb (President of the Board of Trade, Leaham), W. Graham (Financial Secretary to tho Treasury, Edinburgh Central), Noel Buxton (Minister of Agriculture, Norfolk), and W. N. Adamaon (Secretary for Scotland, Cannock). Liberal Gains. Tho Liberal Constitutionalist, Captain the Hon. F. E. Guest, regainedBristol North from the Labourite, Mr W. H. Ayles. [Captain Guest sat as Liberal member for Kast Dorset from 1911 to 1022. Ho was Secretary of State for Air in 1921-22. Ho was defeated in Bristol North last year, the voting being: Ayles (Lab.) 10,433, Guest (L.) 8770, Petter (C.) 8643. Captain Guest is the third son of the first Baron Wimbourne.] An ex-Minister in the Liberal Ministry, Sir Walter Euncimnn, gained Swansea West in a three-cornered fight, in which the Conservative economist, Mr W. A. S. Hovlns, was defeated. [Sir Walter Runciman, who is a shipping magnate and a baronet, represented Hartlepool from 1914 to 1918. He has produced some literary work. Voting last year: Samuel (Lab ) 9260, Sir Alfred Mond (L.) 9145, Hewins (C.) 8238.] Labour held Swansea East. The Communist, Mr Stewart, was Mnong the three defeated in Dundca, where Mr E. D. Morel (Labour) and Mr E. Scrymgeour (Independent) were re-elected. | Dundee returns two members. Mi More!, an author smd journalist, is secretary and puit-founder of the Union of Democratic Control. He took an active part in the movement against Congo misrule, av.d published many f.amphletg .on the subject. He is a strong advocate of international ha?.mony, aud has been championed by many Socialist : rga'iiiations for the next a,ivi;r<\ of the Nobel Peace Pri/..-. Mr Scrymgeoar, a prominent Prohibitionist, -vas tho founder of the Scottish Prohibition Party and editor of the "Scottish Prohibitionist." Ho has been a member of the Dundee Town Council.] The Labourite,. Dr. A. Salter, regained Bermondsey West from the Liberal, the Rev. R. M. Kedward, with a majority of 2902. [ln 1923: Rev. Kedward (L.) 9186, Dr. Salter (Lab.) 8298. Dr. Salter. sat in the Parliament before last. He had a distinguished career at Guy « Hospital, and was for five member of the London County C«ui Dame °wynne-Vaughan ed in a three-cornered gecrfi . C, G. Ammon (ParUamenttiry tary to the Admiralty) . eaaaidateg [ln 1923 the same _ Ajnjnon wa s contested the i ® in 1918 > defeated for the co was formbut re-elected m . erly a post office sprter.i

Pink Socialism rails. Dr. Stella Churchill waa unsuccessful at Hoekaey North. She was known a* a "pink Socialist" owing to the cbarut wherewith sho preached Sooial--1801. Mr Tom Griffiths (Labour) waa reelected for Poatypool. [Mr Griffiths is a Labour "Whip, lie has repreacntod the electorate since 1918. His main services to industrial Labour been in the Iron and steel trades.] The ex-taxi-driver, Mr Ben Smith (Labour) was again elected at Rotherlutho, Bermondsey. [This was a Labour victory last year in a triangular contest, the figures being: Smith (Lab.) 0019, Lort-Wil lianis (C.) 5741, Dr. Haaleton (1..) 4035. Air Smith is now organiser for the Transport Workers' Uuion.] Sir William Joynson-Hicks (Conservative) was re-elected for Twickenham, :uul Mr Arthur Maitland (Conservative) is a new member of tlu> House.

| Sir William Joynson-Hicks, an exMinister, has sat in the House with a short interval since 1908. 110 i s a solicitor.] Mr \V. Barefoot (Labour) was defeated at Woolwich West by ihe Conservative, Sir Kingsley Wood, famous for his uncompromising attacks on Labour's housing policy, [Sir Kingsley Wood, Bart., lias held the seat since 1918. For eight years ho was a member of the London County Council. Ho is a solicitor and an authority on insurance.] Mr OhurcMU Elected. Mr Winston Churchill (Conservative) had 19,843 votes against Mr Sharp (Liberal) 10,080, and Mr MePhio (Labour) 3260, in the Epping Division of Essex. [Mr Winston Churchill, who now returns to tho Conservative fold, has fought 12 elections, tho first being at Oldham in 1899. He was elected for that constituency the following year, and sat ns a Conservative until 1900. From 1906 to 1908 ho represented N.W. Manchester as a Liberal, and from 1908 to 1922 ho was Liberal member for Dundeo, but he lost the scat at tho General Election in tho Intter year, Mr E. Serymgootir and Mr E. D. Morel being at tho head of tho poll. Sinco thon Mr Churchill lias not been In Parliament. Ho failed to win at W'est Leicester in the Goneral Election last year, being seeond to Mr Pethick Lawrence, and early this year—standing as an Independent and AutiSocialist —was defeated in tho, Abbey Division of Westminster by-election by only 43 votes by the official Conservative candidate, Mr O. Nicholson,] Notable New Member. Sir Gerald Strickland gained Lancaster, converting a Liberal majority of 5500 into a Conservative majority of 4158.

[Sir Gerald Strickland was Presidont of the Cambridge Union in 1887. Ho graduated in Arts and Law, but his lifo has boon dovotod to Imperial service. Ho has beon Governor of tho Leeward Islands, Tasmania (1904-9), Wost Australia (1909-13), Norfolk Island, and New South Wales (1912-17), and was knighted in 1897.] Sir Alfred Mond's son, Henry, was defeated at the Isle of Ely, where tho Conservative, Sir Hugh Lucas-Ttfoth, was successful in a triangular contest. [Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth is only "I years old. His grandfather, the first baronet, lost all his three sons in the war, and on his own death the King granted a re-creation of the baronetcy in favour of the eldest grandson, H. V. H. D. Warrnnd, who therefore assumed the name and arms of Lucas-Tooth. It is this young man \Vho now goes to Westminster.] Tho Labourites, Messrs R. Smillie (Morpeth) and Jack Jones (Wost Ham, Silvertown) wero re-elected. So was the Hon. W. G. Ormsby-Gore (Conservative, Stafford). Mr Ralph Hall Caino (Conservative) was elocted. The novelist's other son, %erwent (Labour), who was described by his father as "the coming Prime Minister," was defeated. Mr J. E. Davison • (Lab.) was reelected for the Smethwick Division of Sheffield. Women Lose Setts. Miss Dorothy Jewson, the sitting Labour member for Norwich, was beaten by Captain G. Fairfax and Lieut.-Com-mander Hilton Young (Conservative). [Norwich retnrns two members, both of whom in tho last Parliament were Labourites, Miss Jewson being second in a contest in which six candidates participated.] Miss Susan Lawrence (Labour) lost East Ham North. [Miss Lawrence was elected last year on a minority vote.] Lady Terrington (Liberal) was defeated in a triangular contest at Wycombe. [Lady Tertington is the wife of Lord Terrington. She unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1922, and was returned on a minority vote last year.] Mrs Wintringham (Liberal) was defeated in a straight fight with a Conservative at Louth. [Mrs Wintringham succeeded her husband? who died suddenly in the House of Commons, in 1921, and won last year in a straight fight with a Conservative.] The Conservative Major Tasker. gained East Islington in a triangular contest against Dr. Ethel Bcntham (Liberal) and A. S. Comyns-Carr. Women's Seats Retained. Mrs Hilton Philipson (Conservative) was elected in u triangular contest for Berwick-on-Tweed. [Mrs Philipson, who was formerly Miss Mabel Bussell, actress and danew# was returned at a by-election lastyW» ' when her husband, who had . T u National Liberal, was unaeffid v petition. Sho announced that» not stand for the HoiUO#MFj&r could not spare time trWWWffg duties), but evidently she i#l*° to t-hange her mind. » not stood this election; bat M WB elected.] n (c^rvaTho Uio-r, tinh ™ »««■ »»' 1 had a majonW °t ° Atholl is the James Bamsay, of « bte 'She take, an active part in Banff. work 0 £ her county, sorvn the Perthshire Education AuIZZrHr The Duchess entered politicfteVt ywr, when she had a majority of 150 over her y n ' a eruQ

Mr Lloyd George. At Carnarvon Mr Lloyd George polled 16,058 votes and Professor Zimmcrn (Labour) 3301. [ln 1923 the voting here was: Llovd George (L.) 12,499, Jones (C.) 7323.] Mr Fleming (Conservative) gained Dumbarton from Labour by a majority of 3351. Mr McKee (Sinn Feiner) was defeated in Armagh by a majority of 17.265. Tho Conservative. Colonel Hedlam, gained Barnard Castle from Labour. Captain Darev nail gained Brecon and Radnor for the Conservatives in a triangular fight. In a three-cornered contest at Stirling and Falkirk, the Labourite, Mr Murnin. gained the seat from Mr Macrae (Liberal) and Mrs Shaw. The Bo.worfh seat was captured by a Conservative. The Conservative, Hon. Mrs Brodrick, was defeated by the sitting Liberal, Mr E. Davics, in Denbigh. The Conservative. Mr Tempietou, gained Banff in n triangular fight. The Conservative, Mr Hutchison, gained North Midlothian from Labour. Miss Stewart, and a Liberal. The Conservative, Mr Murchison, regained Huntingdon from the Labourite Mr Costello. More Conservative Wins. Sir Alan Burgoyne (Conservative') won Aylesbury from a Liberal in n keen three-cornered fight with a majoritv of 6551. | Sir Alan Burgoyne represented Kensington North from 1910 to 192-. He owns considerable property in Australia. He, founded the "Navy League Annual" in 1907 and edited it for seven years.] Sir Alfred Butt (Conservative) re- j tained Balham with an increased majority of 10,706, in a straight fight against Labour, the Liberals having .stood aside. Yiscount Wolmer (Conservative) was re-elected for Aldcrshot in a straightuut contest with Labour. > A Labour candidate, Mrs E. Penny, was defeated in a triangular contest . for North-East Leeds, where the Conservative was elected. Mr Morris (Labour) was at the . bottom of the poll for the Owestry division of Shropshire, which Mr W. C. Bridgmaii (Conservatvie) retained in n three-cornered fight by an increased majority of 8173 over a Liberal The notable criminal lawyer, Sir . Henry Curtis-Bennett, K.C. (Conservative), gained Chelmsford in a triangular fight. Mr Ben Spoor (Lab.) was re-elected ' for Bishop Auckland. Mr E. A. Harney (Liberal), and Lieutenant-General Sir Alymer HunterWeston (Conservative) were elected for South Shields and Bute respcc- , tively. A Conservative, Captain Styles, gain- ■ ed Seven Oaks from a Libere l . A Conservative Army captain was elected for Lewes, defeating a Labourite. Captain Basil Hall, 8.N., won Coventry, where the Labour extremist, Mr A. A. Pnrcell, who was shortly going to Moscow, was defeated in a triangular contest, though it waa a strong Labour stronghold. j The Law Ministers. Sir Henry Slesser (Solicitor-General) found a seat in SoutK-East Leeds, replacing Mr James O 'Grady, the new Governor of Tasmania. [Sir HenTy Slesser was not in the last House.] Sir Patrick Hastings, K O. (AttorneyGeneral), whose aetion over the "Workers' Weekly" case the election, was again elected for WallsendMr James Brown, Labour's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was elected for South Ayrshire with a majority of 1007. [Last year Mr Brown defeated General Sir Charles Fergusson, GovernorGeneral designate of New Zealand, by 2362 votes.] Mr Mac Donald's son, Malcolm, was defeated. Mr Beckett regained Gateshead for Labour from the Liberal, Captain J. P. Dickie, in a three-cornered fight by a majority of 9326 over the Conservative, Captain Phillipson, whose wife succeeded him in the Commons when he was unseated on a petition. Captain Dickie was at the,bottom of the poll; Sir Robert Home (Conservative) was elected for Hillhead, and Sir John Simon (Liberal) for Spen Valley in straight fights. In Northern Ireland. Sir B. Lynn (Conservative) was reelected for West Belfast, in a triangular contest, the Bepublican, Mr Nash, be- ! Jmg-at the bottom of the poll, securing only 2688 out of over 50,000 votes. Sir M. Macnaughten (Conservative) was re-elected for Londonderry with a majority of 25,000 over the Republican, Mr MacWhinney Stamford. Two Conservatives, Mr J. Pringlo, and Sir C. Falls gained seats in Fermanagh, defeating the Republicans, Messrs Mc.Carten and Corrigan, by majorities of 37,000. Labour retained West Leeds in a triangular contest., four recounts resulting in a majority of three over the Conservative. Major-General J. E. Seely (Liberal) lost the Isle of Wight to a Conservative, whoso minority in the previous triangular contest was 5402. Commander Burney, of airship fame, was re-elected* for Uxbridge. Mr Ronald Macneil (Conservative) was elected for Canterbury with a majority of 9632 over a Liberal. Rear-Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt (Conservative) was re-elected for Buckrose with a majority of 3004 in a straight fight against a Liberal. Mr Hodges Defeated. Mr Prank Hodges (Civil Lord of the Admiralty) was beaten in Lichfield by a Conservative. [Mr Hodges was about 500 votes short of an absolute majority in a triangular contest last year.] A Conservative, Mr Craig, gained the I ptew# seat, defeating a Labour barHeromerde, his majority being ' ®ollan, a Labourite, was at I *«® tyttyia go]].

| \r- T , tV y (.Minister of Health, Glasgow. fchettleston) won by 630 in a straight fight with a Conservative. The Liberal Chief Whip (Mr Vivian Phillips) was defeated at Edinburgh West. Major Astor (Conservative), owner of "The Times." was elected for Dover in a straight fight with Labour by a majority of 1 f!.-"of*. Labour Gains One. The Labourite. Mr Suelgrove, gained Kalian) division of Sheffield from the Conservative. Sir Frederick Sykes, with a majority of f»S39. 'Sir Frederick Sykes won on a minority vote at- last election.] The Liberal. Mr Hugh Edwards, was rdeeted for Aocrington. defeating the Labourite Mr Koden Buxton. He is a supporter of the Conservatives. [The position was similar last year. Mr Edwards edits a monthly Welsh magazine, and lias published a life of \fr Lloyd George, and a History of Wales.] The Labourite, Mi D. Kirkwood. was rc-elected for Dumbarton. FMr Kirkwood, who is a serious advocate of Home Rule for Scotland, brlnntrs to the revolutionary wing of tl's Labour Party. For stirring up industrial strife along the Clyde he was deported -n 1919.] The Labourite, Mr Harry Suell, who had just returned from East Africa, was again elected for Woolwich East, where he defeated a Conservative. J Mr Snell is a prominent member of the Fabian Society.] Mr Ramsay Muir Out. Mr ll;unsay Muir (Liberal) was defeated in a three-cornered tight at Rochdale, which the Labourite gained, after a recount, with a majority of 117. [Mr Ramsay Muir, who won on a t minority vote , last December, is a | well-known historian. From 1913 to 1921 he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester.] St. Marylebone returned the Conservative, Sir Douglas Hogg, with a majority of 15,527 over the Labourite. [ln a straight fight last year, f-tir Douglas Hogg's majority was 8339. He is a King's Counsel.] Mr Perry Harris (Liberal) was elected for South-West Bethnal Green, defeating a Conservative and a Communist with a majority of 212. Mr Harris voted for the Government when it was defeated. [Mr Harris's majority in similar circumstances last year was 484.] Tile sitting Conservative', Lord Henry Carendish-Bentinek, defeated a Labourite at Nottingham South, where a Liberal stood down. [Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinelc has represented the district, except for four years, since 1895. In a triangular contest laßt year he had an absolute majority.] The intervention of Mr Tom Wing at Grimsby resulted in the Conservative increasing his majority over Labour, to 0613. [ln a straight fight with Labour last year, the Conservative majoritv was 1618.] A Huge Majority, Sir Philip Dawson (Conservative), in a three-cornered.'fight at Lewisham West, increased his majority to 12,942, defeating the Labourite, Mrs Barbara Drake, and the Liberal, Mr O 'Mallev. [Sir Philip Dawson, au engineer, was first returned at a bv-election in 1921. His victory over the Liberal in a straight fight last year was only 439.] ! The poetic-critic, Mr C. J. C. Squire (Liberal) was defeated in a three-corn-ered fight at Brentford (Chiswick), where the Conservative, Colonel Grant Morden, was successful. [Colonel Grant Morden, a Canadian officer, who is connected with industrial enterprises in England, had an absolute majority in a triangular contest at last election.] The Conservative, Mrs Hulse, was among the three defeated at Derby. The Conservative, Mr lan Fraser, a blind ex-service man, .gained North fjt. Pancras in a three-cornered fight. St. Pancras is now solidly Conservative. [Labour secured a minority win in St. Pancras last year.] Mrs Elias, daughter of Dr. T. J. Macnamara, was defeated in one' of tho Gamberwell Divisions. South-East Southwark was retained by Mr T. E. Naylor (Labour). [Mr Naylor, formerly a proof-reader in Fleet street, who is now general secretary oi the London Society of Compositors, wad first returned at a by-elec-tion in 1921, Last year, in a straight fight with a Liberal, Mr Naylor's majority was 1490.] Dr. Cbapple Defeated. Dr. W. A. Chappie (Liberal) lost Dumfries to the Conservative, General Charte'ris, in a triangular contest, by a majority of 4246. [Dr. W. A. Chappie is an old Otago Central boy, who graduated in medicine at the University of Otago. He served a term in the New Zealand Parliament as M.H.R. for Tuapeka, but left tho Colony in 1906.' He sat in the House of Commons for Stirling from 1910 to 1918, and has held his present seat since 1922. Last year, in a straight fight, he beat General Charteris by 1727 votes.] Sir Philip Lloyd-Greaine (Conservative) was elected for Hendon. [Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, who entered tho House in 1918, was appointed to the Ministry in 1920. He was President of the Board of Trade in the last Conservative Government.] Colonel John Ward (Independent) was elected for Stoke, defeating n Labourite. [Col. Ward has had an unbroken run of success in Stoke from 1906. He stands as an Independent Labourite, but official Labour opposes him Col. Ward is secretory of the Navvies' Union. In the war he raised four ''navvy'' battalions. | The Labourite. Mr W. Hirst, gained Bradford Sontii from the Liberal, Mr H. S. Spencer, and a Conservative. [Mr Spencer's was n minority win last year, Mr Hirst lying a close second.] 2vCr "Will Thome. founder of the Labour Party, was elected at West Ham in a straight fight with a Conservative. His majority was reduced to 8000. [Mr Thome's majority last year was 8995. He has held the seat since 1906. Mr Thome lias been general secretary of tho National Union of General Workers since he and othevs founded it ill 1P99.J

A Singapore Advocate. Mr T. G. Penny (Conservative) was re-elected for Kingston-upon-Thaaies, with ft greatly increased majority. 14,293, in n throe-cornered fight. He offered during tho Singapore controversy to take five representative Commoners to Singapore and convince thern of the necessity for the naval jvheme. [Mr Pennv was formerly a muster in the mercantile murine. In 1?P0 he went to Finjjiipore, and there entered into business. In ;i straight fight, he beat a I.iheral by -'32;- votes at last election. 1 Tin? ex-Minister. sj 3 - Samuel lloare (Conservative-' "'as ajjain elected for Chelsea, with a majority of M-io m a three-cornered fight. in which the Labourite. Mrs Bertrand Russell. and the Liberal, Mr Aneuriu Wiiriams. took ' parr. [ [Sir Samuel lloare. Bart., was St.vretary of Stare for Air in the last Con- ! servative Adiainistration. ll' _ ba.-< represented C'helse: l - since li'TO. gausing an absolute majority i.' a tiianglllai contest last year.j The Pejiut v-Speaker. r TiOi»ert Yoniiv (Labour") was re-.»k'«-U'd for Newton in a straight tight with a Conservative, with a majority of 2SW. lln similar circumstances last year. Mr Young's majority was 41li. He •has been member since 191*.] Sir Laminar Worthington-Evans (Conservative) was rc-elei-ted for Colchester in a straight, light with Labour. [Sir Laming Worthington-Evans has represented i 'olrhester since IH.jf. lie won a minority victory last year. Ho served in the Coalition and subsequent Conservative Ministries, being I'ost-master-Goueral tinder Mr Baldwin.!