Labour's Collapse In Local Body Elections
Received Sundav 7.15 p.m. LONDON; May 15. Polling for hundreds of xirban anc district eouneils yesterday ended i week of intensive local government elections in England. Scotland ani Wales, involving 18,000,000 voters. m the majority of areas the ballot boxe; used yesterday will be sealed and kept unti tomorrow when the final results are expected to be announced. Offlcial ConserVative quarters are not enconraging assumptions that thtswing to the ftight in the elections Can be taken as a safe guide to a nationa victory hext year. London Parliamehr ary quafters do not consider loca government elections an accurate i'ntle of the national balance of politicar strength. One main difference is that in the local elections, the'percentage oi eleCtOrates polling is Only about hall that in the General Election. • ^ ~ Mr. Denis Healey, secretarv of the British Labour Party 's inlernational department, said that despite the munieipal election setback, Labour was still pretty certain to win the next General Election in Britain by from 00 to 150 sffats. Mr. Healey did not think dissappoihtment about the Budget had CoSt rfiahy voteS in the munieipal elections, although it had a marginal influence in some areas^
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 May 1949, Page 5
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