BRITISH POLITICS.
WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOTION
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 9.7 p.m., May 25. London, May 25. Sir Edward Grey shortly moves in the House of CommoDE a resolution'regretting the confusion created by the conflicting declarations of Mr Balfour and other Ministers, and deeming it necessary that the electors should have an opportunity of expressing their opinions in regard to preferential taxation of food before the Colonial Conference is held. The following by-election figures are of speoial interoat just now : BEFORE TARIFF REFORM. (Fourteen contests.) Votes gained by Liberals 23,668 Average gain each election 1,697 Votes lost by Unionists ... ... 5,493 Average for each contest 321 Seats lost by Unionists, 6 out of 14. SINCE TARIFF REFORM. (Thirty-three contests.) Votes goined by Liberals ... '... 38,752 Average for each contest 1,050 Votes gained by Unionists ... 976 Average for each contest 29 Seats lost by Unionists, 11 out of 33.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1464, 26 May 1905, Page 2
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