THE HOME ELECTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1576, 8 December 1885, Page 2

THE HOME ELECTIONS.

(electric tklkgraph. — copyiught.j (kel'ter's tekkojums ). London, Dec. 4. The total number of members elected up to the present time is 560 The Liberals have a majority over the Conservatives of 54. Dec. 5. The liberal candidates continue to triumph m the farming counties. For Lanarkshire the Conservatis^es have only secured two seats out of seven. For Invernoss-shire, Mr C. F. Mackintosh, the representative of the Crofters, j has defeated Sir Kenneth Mackenzie and Mr McLeod, and the "Crofter candidate has also secured the Argyleshire seat. The elections will finish on Wednesday next, the 9th inst. Among the members who have lost their seats at the present elections are Sir Wilfred Lawson, Sir Farrer Herschel, and Mr J. B. Bnrleigh. Sir Wil liam Hart Dyke has been re-elected for Kent.

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London, Dec. 5. The latest election returns give the Liberals 282, Conservatives 228, Parnellites 59. The Conservatives have been I chiefly successful m the home counties. Mr Peurce lias been elected tor Gavan, and the llight Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke has been returned for Dartford. • Dec. 6. The Liberals have secured 206 seats m England, 25 m Wales, 08 m Scotland, 1 m Ireland ; and the Conservatives have obtained 214 m England, 3in Wales, 9 m Scotland, and 17 m Ireland. Sir Samuel Wilson was rejected by 1461 votes. The Hon. E. Stanhope has been elected, and Plon. G. C. Dawnay and Mr E. D.- ; Gray, a Home Ruler, have been rejected. Mr T. M. Healy has been returned for Derry.