ELECTIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1922, Page 5

ELECTIONS

ENGLISH RETURNS. CONSERVATIVES LEADING. LABOR COMES NEXT. PARTY LEADERS ELECTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Nov. 17, 1.30 a.m. London, Nov. 16. The elections for the British Parliament took place yesterday. There are 615 seats to be filled, and so far the results are known in 297 cases, including candidates ■elected unopposed. These results give the present state of parties as follows ; Conservatives .. 165 Liberals .. .. 36 National Liberals .. 22 Labour 67 Various 7 The. gains and losses of the various parties, as shown by the reaults up to now, are:— Won Lost Conservatives .. 2 6 National Liberals .. 0 5 Labor ...... 8 1 The Conservatives are led by Mr. Bonar Law, the present Prime Minister, During the Coalition the party had a strength of 374. The Liberals are led by Mr. Asquith. Their strength in the last Parliament was 35. The National Liberals are led by Mr. Lloyd George, who had 118 followers in the last Parliament. The Labor Party’s strength in the last Parliament was 78. The balance was made up by various other small parties. The results published this morning are too incomplete to permit of a general comparison. FEATURES OF THE RESULTS. TWO MINISTERS DEFEATED. BONAR LAW AND ASQUITH IN. WOMEN FARE BADLY. Received Nov. 16, 5.5 pjn. London, Nov. 16. The excitement caused by the elections in London increased as the evening wore on, especially when Labor victories at Barnsley, the Hanley Division of Stokeu poo-Trent and Accrington were announced on illuminated screens in Trafalgar Square and on the newspaper offices in the k Strand and in Fleet Street. There were also loud cheers when a popular Independent, like Mr. Ward, for the Stoke Division of Stoke-upon-Trent, was re-elected. It is estimated that at least 20,000 motors were placed at the disposal of candidates, and many had 50 or 60 employed, bringing voters to the poll, the Labontes having more cars than ever before. The Prime Minister (Mr Bonar Law) and Mr. Asquith (leader of the Liberals) have been returned. There were pathetic scenes in Tyrone and Fermanagh. The excitement was so great that the aged, the sick and the infirm were taken from their beds and carried on etretchfcrs to record their votes. There was a great reversal at Oxford, Where a Conservative majority of 5000 was converted into a liberal majority of 3800. A sensation was caused at Battersea North through Saklatvala, an Indian extremist, defeating the National Liberal candidate by 2000. Mr. Devlin, though failing to secure the Liverpool Exchange seat, ran within 3000 of Mr. Leslie Scott, the sitting Conservative member. Sir Robert Horne was returned for the Hillhead Division of Glasgow with a slight-ly-increased majority. Mr. Grigg, National Liberal, headed the poll at Oldham, Lady Emmott being at the bottom. Mr. G. F. Stanley, Under-Secretary of Home Affairs, was defeated at Preston, a Laborite topping the poll. Mr. J. R. Clynes, leader of the Labor Party, who was not opposed in 1918, was returned for the Platting Division of Manchester only through the splitting of the anti-Labor vote. The combined Liberal and Conservative vote exceeded the Labor vote. Mr Leslie Wilson, Under-Secretary for the Treasury, is the second Minister whose defeat has been announced, Mr. Erskine (Independent Conservative) winning the St. George’s Division of Westminster by 3500. Lady Astor was returned for the Sutton Division of Plymouth; Dr. J. T. Macnamara for North-west Camberwell; Mr. Inskip for Central Bristol; Mr. Ramsay Macdonald for the Aberavon Division of Glamorganshire, wreating the seat from a supporter of Mr. Lloyd George. Dr. Addison was defeated at Shoreditch by a National Liberal. Among the Australasian candidates, Mr. Harris won South-west Bethnal Green. Mr. Lynch was at the bottom of the poll at Central Hackney. Mr. Pownall was returned for East Lewisham. Colonel Freyberg, V.C., was defeated at South Cardiff. Mr. Asquith’s majority at Paisley was Under 400, compared with 3000 in 1918. Women candidates fared badly. Those defeated include Dame Gwynne Vaughan, at North Camberwell; Mrs. Oliver Strachey, for the Brentford and Chiswick Division of Middlesex; Mrs. Eleanor Rathbone, for the East Toxteth Division of Liverpool. The Bitting Conservative (Mr. James) retained Bromley (Lord Forester’s old seat). There have been eight Labor gains in Glasgow, where several well-known Conservatives were beaten.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Afign.