BRITISH ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1931, Page 6

BRITISH ELECTIONS

[United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Received this day at noon.) LONDON, October 28. LI ME HO USEMajor Attlee (Labour) 11,354 R. Girouard (Con.) 10,803 H. Hodge (New Party) 307 Unchanged. MILE END. Doctor W. O’Donovan (Con.) ... 12,399 John 'Scurr, an Australian, (Lab.) 9,738 A Conservative gain. ABERDEEN NORTH. John Burnett (Con.) 22,931 ■Wedgewood Benn (Lab.) 8,735 (Helen Crawford (Workers’ Candidate) 3,980 A Conservative gain. -SILVERTON. Jack Jones (Lab.) 19,851 Mrs E. Tennant (Con.) 5,654 Unchanged. HULL CENTRAL. B. Barton (Con.) 19,773 Lieut. Commander Kenworthy (Lab.) 16,113 A Conservative gain. WHITECHAPEL. D. J. Annir (Nat.-Lib.) 11,013 J. Hall (Lab.) ... ' 9,864 Harry Pallitt (Communist) ... 258 Kid Lewis (New Party) 154 A National Liberal gain. . : . NEWTOWN.. G. Buchanan (Lab.) 19,^78 M. Block (Conservative) 11,264 H. McShane (Communist) ... 2,626 Unchanged. POLLOK. Sir John Gilmour (Con.) ... 27,772 J. Rankin (Labour) ... 6,323 Unchanged. NORFOLK—EASTERN. Lord Elmley (Nat.-Lib.) ... 25,945 J. Holmer (Labolur) ... ... 6562 A National-Liberal gain. HORSHAM. Earl Winton (Con.) - 44,886 Miss H. Keynes (Labour) ... 5,932 GATSHEAD. T. Magnay (Nat.-Lib.) 34,764 Ernest Bavin (La,lb.) 21,826 J. Barr (New’ Party) 1,077 J. Fennell (Nat-Lab.) 187 A National Liberal gain. WYCOMBE. Sir Alfred Knox (Con.) 41,208 Doctor Hadan Guest (Lab.) ... 10,821 Unchanged. BASSELAW. Malcolm McDonald (Nat.-Lab.) 27,136 H. Watkins (Labour) 13,582 A National Labour gain. HAMPSHIRE. Colonel Wilfred Ashley (Con.) 35,544 F. Stainer (Labour) .... ... 7,130 Unchanged. DOVER.. Major Astor (Con.) 29,743 W. Moore (Labour) 9,781 Unchanged.

RUSHCLEFFE.. ' Heflrf* BBtWrton (Con.) 36.67(1 , Mrs Florence Patou (Lab.) ... 14.176 Unchanged. LINCOLNSHIRE SOUTH. Lt. Colonel Heneage (Con.) ... 18,434 Ramsay Muir (Nat.-Lib.) ... 14,439 Unchanged. BRIDGTON. James Maxton (Lab.) 16,630 Miss Catherine Gavin (Con.) 11,941 Unchanged. LICHFIELD. Lovat Fraser (Nat. Lab.) ... 26 G. Jones (Labour) 15,79 , A National Labour gain. ROTHWELL. W. Lun (Labour) 24,897 Major Stringer (Con.) 22,198 Unchanged. CARNAVON. Major Owen (Liberal) 14,993 Elwyne Jones (Labour) ... 14,289 William Evans (Independent) 7,990 Professor J. Daniel (Welsh Nat.) 1,136 . Unchanged. KIRKCALDY. A. Russell (Con.) 19,132 Tom Kennedy (Labour) 14,492 A Cohservative gain. BRECON. Ga.pt. Darcy Hall, an Australian, (Con.) ....... 25,620 Peter Freeman (Labour) '.. Ay. 17,223 A Conservative gain. PENRYN . • AM. Petherick (Con,) 16,338 E. Simon (Nat.-Lib-) 24,006 A. Rowse (Labour) 10,098 A Conservative igain. CONSETT. Jr Dickie (Nat.-Lib.) 22,474. Rev. H. Dunico (Labour) ... 19,927. A National Liberal gain. LINLITHGOW. Sir Adrian Bailli© (Con.) ... 20,476 E.Shin well .(Labour) 16,945 A Conservative gain. RENFREW. Lord Clydesdale (Con.) 27,740 James Strain (Labour) 12,477 W. Oliver Brown (Scottish Nat.) 6,498 Unchanged. SHETTLESTON. J. McGovern (Ind. Labour) ... 16,301 James Lucas (Con.) 15,530 J. Marshall (Labour) 1,856 W. Stevenson (New Party)' ... 402 Unchanged. KELVIN GROVE. Major Walter Elliott (Con.) 21,481 J, Winning (Labour) 12,415 . Unchanged. LANARK—NORTHERN, W. Anstruther Gray (Con.) ... 24,384 Jennie Lee (Labour) 19,691 A Conservative gain. BLACKMANNAN. J. Kerr (Con.) 14.771 Tom Johnstone (Labour) ... 12,952 A Conservative gain. EDINBURGH—CENTR AL. J. Guy (Conservative) 17,293 William Seaham (Labour) ... 10.566 Fred Douglas (Communist) 1319 A. Conservative gain. DOWSETT. Ralph Hall Cain (Con.) 20.711 A. Glassey (Nat.-Lib.) 18,801 E, Stocker (Lpbour) 7,009 A Conservative gain.

- TAM WORTH. Sir Arthur Steel Maitland (Con.) 41,571 J. Willberry' (Labour) ... ... 7,525 Unchanged. BRIGHTON—TWO SEATS. Sir Cooper Raw r son (Con.) ... 75,205 Major Tyron (Con.) ... ... 74,993 L. Cohen (Labour) 12,952 Mrs Rosalind Moore (Labour) 12,878 Unchanged. SOUTH MALTON. George Lambert (Nat.-Lib.) 25,700 R, Messel (Labour) 3,499 A National Liberal gain. CAMLACH lE. J. Stevenson (C'on.) 18,461 Rev. Campbell Stephen (Lab.) 15,282 A Conservative gain. BISHOPRY AUCKLAND. A. Curry (Nat'-Lib.) 17,651 Doctor Hugh Dalton (Labour) 16,796 A National Liberal gain. NOR FOLK—NORTHER N. E. Cook (Con.) • ... 19.988 Lady Noel Buxton (Labour) ... 13,035 A Conservative gain. EDINBURGH—EAST. D. Mason (Nat.-Lib.) ... :.. 17,372 Dr. Drummond Shields (Lab.) 10,144 Rev. T. Alexander (Scottish Nationalist) 2,872 A National Liberal gain. PEEBLES. Capt. Ramsay (Con.) 17,435 J. Westwood (Labour) 9,185 A Conservative gain. WEST FITE. C. Milne (Con.) 12,977 W. Adamson ('Lab.) 11,0(53 W. Gallacber (Communist) ... 6,829 A Conservative gain. , DUMBARTON. David Kirkwood (Lab.) 16,335 Maurice McCracken (Con.) ... 15,338 Unchanged. COLNE. E, L. Mallalieu (Nat. Lib.) ... 17,119 Ernest Marklew (Lab.) 13,735 Colonel Lascelles, N.Z. (Con.) 12,581 Michael Franklin (Nat.-Lab.) 202 A National Liberal gain. PEMBROKE. G. Wilivm Lloyd George (Lib.) 24,605 Major Prince (Con.) 19,567 Unchanged.

STATE OF PARTIES. GOVERNMENT. The State of the Parties is: Conservatives ' 471 . National Labpur 14 National Liberals 63 National Independents ... 3 Total 557 OPPOSITION. Labour / 48 Liberal 7 Others 2 Total 57 Seven remaining seats were undeclared to-night. FRENCH SURPRISE. " 1 (Received this day at 11.15 a.in.) * PARIS, October 28. The defeat of Mr Henderson surprised France more than any other, The “Matin” says England has provided an impressive spectacle and magnificent recovery. The election will have an enormous percussion, world wide. The English people have shown a determination to react strongly against a policy of disorder and waste, even in working class districts. MR RAMSAY MACDONALD. LONDON, October 28. Mr Ramsay MacDonald interviewed at Seaham awaiting his own figures, said the election results were astounding. The most gratifying features ■were Mr Thomas’s noble win and Sir Samuel’s defeat of his Conservative opponent. Nothing shows more clearly that the election is on National and not on Party issues. LABOUR VIEW. f LONDON, October 28. The “Guardian” in' a leader says the new Parliament will be protectionist to the core. Mr MacDonald’s tragedy is just beginning. He and the Liberals in the Government are completely prisoners of the Conservatives. NOTABLES WHO WON. NOTABLES WHO LOST. 'Received this dav at 1.5 p.rn.) LONDON, October 28. The best index of how persuasion broke down the resentment which the party machine tried to stir up a week ago, was Mr Thomas’ drooping spirits, as he feared Derby had forsaken him, but Mr MacDonald’s visit worked wonders and turned the currents to success. The family gift of impressiveness enabled Malcolm MacDonald to entrench himself more firmly at Bassetlaw. Labour’s cup of bitterness was filled when Bcvin MacDonald’s chiei castigator failed to hold the hitherto safe seat of Gateshead. Clvdes'iders, however, retained the picturesque extremist Maxton with a halved majority there. Throughout Britain there was a thrill, the afternoon at the news of Mr MacDonald’s vindication at. Seaham, against almost heartrending odds. It was indeed a miracle poll. Wedgwood Benn, ex-Secretary. for India was rejected by a fourteen thousand majority for Aberdeen North which had been one oi the safest of Labom seats since 1918. -- 1 Kenworthy was decisively thrown out. Churchill’s majority was easily the largest of his varied political career, . Brighton eclipsed all records with huge Conservative majorities. While the Duchess of Atholl and Lady Astor remain to give the House a t.minine dignity, it has lost the touch 0 f aaiety and irresponsibility personified

in Eilen Wilkinson and Jennie Lee, both victims of the Nationalist avalanche. • Labour, apart from unassailable strongholds, suffered a staggering crash, Edinburgh and Glasgow Nationalists wresting eight seats'. MR MACDONALD’S MOVES. REFORMING THE MINISTRY. •LONDON, October 28. Mr Ramsay MacDonald is expected to see the King to-morrow and then hold a 'Cabinet meeting at which the remodelling ol the Ministry will be discussed, as the compact Cabinet ol ten was only a makeshift. There, is a common belief that it will' be quickly enlarged to the- customary twenty, with an upward reshuffling owing to Mr Snowden’s retirement ol the Cliancelloiship and Mr Neville Chamberlain's elevation thereto. In a press statement to-night, Mr MacDonald has not mentioned the matter of developing Empire trade, A COMMONS PROBLEM. The Commons will present a strange spectacle when it re-assembles on 3rd. .\ovember. There will be just sufficient opposition to fill the front bench, with an overllow to the second, whereas it will be a problem what to do with the huge band behind the Ministry. 1; ABO UR OVERWHELMED. MR MACDONALD TRIUMPHANT. LONDON, October 28. The country has not yet recovered its breath at the overwhelming nature of tile Labour rout. < Mr Lloyd George refused to comment. He preferred to await the complete results. The tale of Labour defeats, several by National Labour, continued throughout the day. Nine women have thus far been eiected, including seven new members. Thirty-one candidates so far have forfeited their deposits and include seven Communists and eleven Mosleyites. Tired, but triumphant, about describes Mr MacDonald on entering No. 10, flushed with the news that he had won Seaham. He said the Nation had shown it was not going to stand any humbug in putting the finances in order.

The Conservatives now have a clear majority against any possible opposition combination.