Evening star., 1922-11-16
B0NAR LAW Wins
MAJORITY IN CLOSE
BRITISH ELECTION
Latest Returns Show 305 of
Necessary 308 Conserva-
tive Votes Certain.
1C4 DIVISIONS STILL OUT;
ONE MINISTER Defeated
Arthur Henderson, Labor Leader,
Loses-Laborite Gains Feature
of Test at Polls.

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By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 18.-Wfnston
Churchill, former secretary for the
colonies. was defeated for re-elec-
Con for parliament from the Dun
dec division.
LONDON, November 16.-The con-
eervatives seem certain to have a ma
jority over all the other parties IN
the new house of commons.
1t was announced at 4 o'clock this
afternoon that 3o5 conservatives had
been elected. The number necessary
for a majority is 30S, and there were
lO4 divisions still to be heard from
The standing of the various parties
at4 pm: Conservatives. 305: liberals
tAsquith). Al: labor. 113: national
liberals (Georgeite). "a; other par
ties, l..
Minister of Health Defeated.
Sir Arthur Griffith -Boscawen. min
lister of health in the Bonar Law cab
met, was defeated by his liberal op-
ponent in the Taunton division OF
Somerset.
Sir Robert Sanders, conservative
tho present minister of agriculture
was elected for the Bridgewater
division of Somerset. He polled FAC
votes; w. r. Morse. liberal. 11.219
ard Lieut.. Col. T. S. b. Williams. la
Dor, 1893 votes.
Postmaster General Neville Cham.
herlain, conservative. was returned
for the lakewood division of Birming-
votes for DR.. II. Dunstan. labor.
l.. c. S. Amery. conservative. the
first lord of the admiralty, was elect
ed for the Sparkbrook division OF
and his liberal opponent. T. Foster
DugGan. 1888 votes. and the co-opera-
tive candidate. E. w. Hampton
6.31o votes.
Home Secretary Elected.
In the West Birmingham election
Mr. Chamberlain's vote was 15.4oJ
against F. Smith. labor. $3.50. Mr..
Chamberlain was returned unopposed
as coalition unionist in the last
elections.
W. c. Bridgeman. conservative, the
present home secretary was elected
in the Oswestry division Of Shrop-
shire. He received 1887 votes as
against $3.50 for Capt. r. Sidebottom
liberal, and 6.105 for Tom Morris
labor.
Out of thirty-thr woman nominees
only two had been returned up to
this afternoon.
Conservative headquarters con-
the outcome. claiming the country
districts would increase the conserva- :
tive lead, but 1t was noticeable that
none of the conservative managers
ventured to go much beyond this.
Conservative headquarters. how
ever. stated that so far as voting in
parliament was concerned. the con-
ServativeS were secure against the
labor party because they could rea-
sonably look for support from the in
dependent conservatives. the Asquith-
ians and the Georgeites.
Gain Seat in Cambridgeshire.
The conservatives gained a seat in
Cambridgeshire. where Harold Gray
the conservative candidate, polled
9,s46 votes against A. E. Stubbs, labor
with 9,167, and E S. Montagu, liberal.
with 6,942.
Mr. Montagu, who formerly was
secretary for India, had previously
held this seat as coalition liberal
having polled 12,497 votes against
Stubbs' 6,6sS in the 1918 general cleo
tions.
Austen Chamberlain. leader of the
house of commons in the Lloyd George
regime. was returned by a large ma
jority over his labor party opponent
in the west division OF Birmingham.
Charles A. McCurdy, once minister
of food and later chief coalition whip
was returned for Northampton on the
coalition liberal ticket, with 1874
votes over Miss Margaret Bondfleld
labor, with 14,49S votes. and Henry
Vivian. liberal. with 3,753 votes.
Labor Gains n Feature.
Extensive gains fo- labor and
numerous loss for the conservatives
and the national (Loyd Georgeian)
liberals feature the returns. The poll
was remarkably heavy. In many
constituencies more than 80 and
in some cases more than 80 per cent
of the electors voted. a very large
proportion being women. The en-
larly noticeable in London, where
neither fog nor household duties suf-
feed to keep them indoors. The
Iaborites' rally to the polls showed
,horoughness Of party organization
and a keenness to carry their men to
striking in the northern Industrial
areas. especially in Glasgow. where
seat after seat fell to their attack.
Conservatives Suffer Severely.
1t is noteworthy that their tri-
umphs came in the constituencies
where they were regarded as most
likely, and 1T is not expected that
today's later returns will show
similar gains as the rural districts
are heard from.
The conservatives suffered very
serious losses, these being only
slightly fewer than labor's gains.
The majorities by which the con-
servatives were returned at the last
elections are also much reduced
where they were reelected. the case
of Prime Minister Bonar Law being
typical. The premier yesterday was
returned over the laborite candidate
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