Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-16
BOnar LalU Wins
Control of Commons

with q minority Of the total poll. this
resulting from the conflicts between
the other. parties.
The Liberals. or Asruithians. also
made substantial gains. but the George.
ties lost heavily.
Sir Arthur Oriflth. .Boscawcn. min.
lister Of health in the Bonnr Law Cab.
met. was defeated By his Liberal op:.
ponent In the Taunton division OF
Somerset.
Two other members Of the Government
were defeated. Colonel Leslie Wilson,
chief Conservative whip, and Colonel
Stanley, Undersecretary for Home Al.
fairs.
]. II. Thomas. Labor. and Charles
Roberts, Liberal. were elected for
Derby's two seats. Thomas received
26.215 votes and his Conservative op.
ponent. A. Green. 22.24O. Roberts
polled :4.O0S votes against q, ,8S7 for
his Labor opponent, W. n. Raynes.
Lady Aatsr Returned
Out Of thirty three women nominees
only two had been returned up to this
afternoon. Lady Astor won, but her
victory was BY closer margin thnn
when she was first sent to Parliament
to represent the Sutton Division Of
Plymouth. She lost many votes through
the Conservative split, but made com.
pensatins gains from the Laborites and
The second woman to be returned to
the new House Of Commons was Mrs.
Margaret Wintrinshain. the present
member for the Louth Division Of Lin.
colnshire. Mrs. Wintrinsham retains
her seat with II COZ votes against the
Conservative candidate, Sir Alan
Hutchinss. with 10, O,72O.
Major John Jacob Astor, son OF the
late Viscount Astor, was elected Oh the
Conservative ticket over the Liberal
candidate. l.. ]. Stein. and the Indie.
pendent Cni0nist. Colonel Sir Thomas
Poison. in the Dover Division Of Kent.
Conservative headquarters stated that
so fur ns voting IN Parliament was
oncerned the Conservatives were &c.
cure against the Labor Party because
they could reasonably look for sup.
port from the Independent Conserva.
tives. the Asquithians and the George.
The Evening Star In its midday eli.
ton said 1T is clear that Mr.. Bonar
Laws chances Of an independent mn.
jority are slight"
Arthur Hendersou Beaten
Labor suffered hard setback in the
Widnes division Of Lancashire, whprc
Arthur Henderson was defeated BY the
Conservative candidate, DR.. GEORGE G..
Clayton. after holding the seat since
1910. The vote was: Clayton, 14,870 !;
Henderson. 1887.
Sir Robert Sanders, Conservative, the
present minister Of agriculture. was
elected for the BridgewAter division Of
Somerset. He polled II ,2A0 votes. W.
f. Morse. Liberal, II ,S1O, and Lieuten.
ant Colonel T. 8. b. Williams, Labor,
| 1903 votes.
Postmaster General Neville Chamber.
| lain, Conservative, was returned for
the Lady Wood division Of Birmins.
ham. l.. G. &. Amery. Conservative,
the first lord Of the admiralty, was
elected for the sparkbrook division Of
Birmingham.
Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor Of tho
Exchequer. had an easy. victory in the
Bewdley division Of Wotcestershire.
Another prominent Labor party mnn
joined Arthur Henderson in defeat. He
was A. u. Gosling. Of the Yardley di.
vision Of Birmingham.
Lord Robert Cecil retains his seat for
the Hitchin division Of HertfOr,lshiro
The poll was remarkably heavy. In
many constituencies more than so, and
In some cases more than 40 per cent
Of the electors voted. . very large pro.
Of the women was particularly notice.
able In London, where neither fog nor
household cares sufSced to keep them In.
The Iaborites' rally to the polls
showed thorouGhness Of party orsani.
zation and a keenness to carry their
men to victory.
The major!ties by which the Con.
servatives were returned at the last
elections were much reduced where
they were reelected, the case Of Prime
Minister Donar Law being typical. The
Prime Minister yesterday was returned
over the I.aborite candidate In central
division Of Glasgow BY q margin Of only
25l4. whereas In the previoNs election
his majority was l2,0i6.
The Conservatives gained a seat In
Cambridgcshire. where Harold Gray.
the Conservative candidate. polled 0S40
votes against A. E. Etubbs. Labor. with
ol07. and r. 3. Montague. Liberal,
with 8049.
Mr.. Montagr. who formerly was sec.
retary for India, has previously held
this seat as q Coalition Liberal. having
pol!ed l2.407 votes against Stubs
6Gs6 in the 1918 general elections.
Austen Chsmberlaln Wins
Austen Chamberlain, leader of the
House Of Commons In the Lloyd George
regime. was returned BY q large ma :
| jority over his Labor Party opponent In
the west division Of Birmingham. His
vote was 15,4O5 against F. Smith,
Labor. $500.
Charles A. McCurdy. once Minister
Of Food and later chief coalition whip,
was returned for Northampton on the
! Coalition Liberal ticket with l0.O7l
votes over Miss Margaret Bond Field.
Labor, with Ii, 4,4Oa votes. and Henry
/ Vivian, Liberal, with 1853 votes.
I W. &. Bridgeman, Conservative. the
present home secretary, was elected In
the Oswestry division Of Shropshire.
Lady Cooper. running rs q Con.
servative TO succeed her husband, Sir
Kichard Cooper, who .retirsl to make
way for her, was defeated by the Lib
cral candidate In Wnlsall bv only 527
votes out OF tho ~. .?23 votes polled BY
the two candidates.
In the Brentford Division Of Middle.
sex. another woman candidate, Mrs
Oliver Strachey. Independent. was de.
cisively beaten by Colonel Grant Nor.
den. Conservative.
Among the successful Labor candi.
dates was Shapurji Saklatvala. 4 Parse,
born In England, who regards himself
o. member for India" although elect.
el for the prosaic working district o
Eattersea, South London. lie intendi
to look after the interests Of lndiar
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