POLITICAL NEWS.
THE HOME ELECTIONS.
(by electric telegraph — copyrigtht (special to united press association.) " London, Nov. 26. Up to the present 91 Liberals, 95 Tories, and 8 Parnellites have been returned. Nov. 27. The latest returns show that Leicester and St. Pancras have returned Liberals, and Lambeth and Stockport Conservatives. The Manchester divisions have returned five Conservatives. Mr Alexander Macarthur, Sir James Ferguson, and Mr Howard Spensley have been elected, and Mr Jacob Bright has been rejected. The state ot the parties at present is — Conservatives, 111 ; Liberals, 107 ; Parnellites, 8. The metropolitan constituencies have returned 28 Conservatives and 17 Liberals. (reuter's telegrams.) London, Nov. 27. Latest returns show that the Conservatives have wrested seventy-two seats from the Liberals, while the latter have ousted Conservatives m twenty-nine instances. The Conservative candidates have been elected for Shrewsbury, Northern Kensington, and Southern Kensington electorates, while Liberals secured Battersea and Clapha. According to the latest return the Conservatives have returned 111 members and the Liberals 110. For Manchester 5 Conservatives and 1 Liberal have been returned, Sir James Ferguson securing one of the seats. For the Marylebone district two Conservative members have been returned, including Lord i Charles Beresford. The Conservative party have also secured a victory at Westminster, Hampstead, Greenwich, Oxford, and Wakeh'eld, Mr Howard Spensley, late of Victoria, has been elected for Finsbury, | the other two seats being gained by Conservatives. The Liberals have been successful at Halifax, Chester, and Rochdale, Mr Potter being reelected for the latter place. The old members have been re-elected for Middlesborough, West Bromwich, and Fahnouth, the Right Hon. Cavendish Bentinck being defeated at the latter place. Sir Thomas Brassey has been re-elected for Hastings and Mr Macarthur for Leicester.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1569, 30 November 1885, Page 2
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284POLITICAL NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1569, 30 November 1885, Page 2
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