British Elections.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1922, Page 3

British Elections.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SIX MINISTERS DEFEATED. LONDON, Nov ro. Mr Ralph Hall Caine beat Air Guest for Dorset East. E. Shemvell (Labour) defeated J. Kidd (Scottish Under-secy, for Health) in Linlithgow. Lady Barlow was bottom ol the poll in High Peak (Derbyshire). Lord Hugh Cecil end Professor Oman were re-elected for Oxford University, by proportional repersentaMr -Mnstermnn was defeated lor Clay Cross (Derbyshire) by Labourite. , • Harry Cosling was beater in Kenningtoii by a Conservative. Norman Angell was beaten for It usheliffe, (Nottinghamshire) by a Conser-

vative. , Shakespeare, one. of Lloyd George s secretaries was returned for Mellmgborough. , . , Ethel Benthnm was at the bottom of the poll at Islington. Major Tryon and Commander Bauson (Conservatives) were returned lor Brighton. Fry (the cricketer) was four thousand lower down the pol . Mrs Broderick was beaten for wenb, phillipson (National Liberal) beat Mr Runeiman at Berswick. and Haddington Westwood was elected to. Midlothian. , , ... Peebles 6394, beat Crawford (Conservative) 5992 and Sir Donald AleLean 5377. Major Lloyd George of Pembrokeshire beat the Labourite by a majority of 11,866. , . . Sir Guy Guant (Conservative) was elected for Buckrose. All contests in which ‘Almisters arc concerned are completed, six of whom lost their seats. Roberts, (Independent) and II Lon Young were re-elected for Norwich. Phillip Snowden (Labour) was ic turned for Colore \ alley.

LATEST RETURNS. LONDON, November 17. Amended election return classifications show the position as follows :- Conservative Labour Liberals " Nat. Lib. (Lloyd George) 44 Various The net party results are: Conservatives (loss) 19 Labour (gain) Liberals (gain) National Liberals ■ (loss) ... 16

LABOUR’S GREAT SUCCESS. LONDON, November 17. The success of the Labour Party in Scotland is largely due to the Labour Party’s legal act; m regard the reconstruction of the Rent Restrict..... Act, which cnd“d in the House of Lords recently tickling mat unless the tenants were girsn a-f.u:i' notice to quit the landlords cannot legally raise , cuts. This decision means that tenants who did not receive notice to quit enn deduct excess money paid from future rents. Millions of money are involved in the dispute, and £1.730,000 from Glasgow alone, where many landlords are threatened with ruin The Labour Party in Scotland has issued a manifesto urging the tenants to sue for the recovery of all improperly imposed increases in rent. Colonel Perkins hud Lord Apsle.v (Conservatives) displaced Air Phillips and Mr Dudley Ward at Southampton. Mr George Lanshury (Labour) has been elected for Bow and Bromley Division of Poplar. He is ex-editor of the Labour “Daily Herald.” Mr Churchill declared himself devoid of tile slightest sense of anger or bitterness. It was only by the new electorate realising they were the owne.s of the whole machinery of state, that they would Imild a strong barrier against wild foolish revolutionary action, even when they thought they ve.e doing the opposite. Air Hnrfney (the Liberal) for South Shields, polled 13,"G0. while Air T.nwtber. the Labourite, polled 15,733 or i 2A loss. Air Havelock Wilson. (Na- 1 tional Liberal) only got 8,121 votes. j Mr Sidney Webb (Labourite) is elec- j ted for Seatliam Division of Durham with 12,000 majority. Air Hayward, the retiring Liberal, was at the bottom of the poll.

With thp exception of the two previous women members, the electorates placed the women candidate low clown in the polls. It is understood Mr Wilson retains office in the Cabinet and that a sent will he found for him. Mr Scrymeeour’s victory is the most astonishing of the whole election. He previously participated in many hopeless fights. He is a well-known Congo slave reformer. Mr Hamar Greenwood was third on the list for Sunderland. He was 9000 behind the leading Conservative candidate. Others returned are Will Tlnrne fo v Pljaistow T)ivisi,on of Westliam ; Sir Ronald McNeil (Liberal) for Canterbury Division of Kent. A Liberal won the second seat in Derby from' Mr Albert Green, who is at present in Australia. NOTES ON RESULTS. LONDON, November 17. Mr Johnstons, the Labourite won Western Stirling from the retiring Conservative. In the election. Professor Gilbert Murray was at the bottom of thp poll for Oxford University. All the unsuccessful candidates for the two seats for the English Group of Universities forfeited their deposits amounting to 150. Mr Austin Hopkinson. was returned for Mosley Division of Lancashire without the aid of a single helper. He issued no literature or posters, had no committee rooms and no vehicles. When it was announced that Mr Sparkes (Conservative) had won Camborne Division of Cornwall, the Liberals there mobbed Mr Brown, tlie Labourite, alleging his intervention was the cause of Mr Acland’s defeat. Mr Aeland took Mr Brown away in his motor car. Mr Frederick Martin (the Liberal candidate for Eastern Aberdeen and Kincardine) is the first blind ex-ser-viceman returned to the House of Commons. Mr Martin was trained at St Dunstan’s.

THE TOTAL VOTING. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. Excluding eight .incomplete polls the total of votes recorded is 13,913,666 I being 5,381,413 for Government 'and 8,534,253 against.

PRESS COMMENT. .'Received this dav at 9 30 a n ) . LONDON, Nov 17. The “Daily Alai!” in a leader says the result of the election suggests that Mr Bonar law corcctly gauged public feeling when be promised tranquility. The doctorates evident,k- fool il,n+

recent years we have been overgoverned and a majority of voters turned with relief to a Prime Minister not promising much, hut who ma.v he expected to avoid reckless adventures abroad and unsettling experiments at ihome. It concludes that Air Bonar Law’s substantial success should lead to a revival of trade, and greater stability of business. The “World’s” special correspondent says the great Conservative victory stamps Air Bonar Law as a leader of the) movement against the forces, of Labour, which seek to change all currents of British life. The result indi-

rates that Labour’s awakening has been countered and there is a revolution against half-way houses which divided the country into clear-cut parties.

A Labour manifesto s ay lS the party has strengthened its debating power and will prove the most vigorous opposition the House of Commons has seen for years. The fact that success was most notable in Scotland and Wales, which were hitherto Liberal strongholds, indicated that Labour had replaced, the Liberals. A Labour Government is certain in the near future. Many Labour gains were undoubtedly due to women’s votes. Hons Asquith attributes the Labour turnover in Scotland to unemployment and distress. The “Times” in a leaded’, says the Government's inadequate independent

majority will cause deep satisfaction. Thn next healthiest feature is the defeat of the National Liberals, who represented an anachronism, being accessories to the development of a veiled dictatorship, as innocent of political principle as of constructive efficiency. The defeats of Air Churchi‘l and Sir 11. Greenwood, Air Guest and ATr Kellaway brought retribution for the most culpable. Labour is the se-

cond largest party and should develop the functions of the Opposition. Besides its numerical increase. Labour lias strengthened its personal composition. which is not homogenous. The “Times” believes the country wi.i gain much from the ventilation of their ideas in the sobering atmosphere of Westminster.