New Britain herald., 1922-11-16
The Incomplete Returns Show Conservatives to Have Obtained l2 Over All Other Factions.
Lady Astor Is Reelected
 and Austen Chamberlain Is Again Returned to House of Commons.

London. Nov 16 (By Associated Press) Premier Bonar Law has se. cured a majority of 12 over all tho other parties in the new house of ', commons when the returns for 54S of the SIS divisions had been re- ceived late this afternoon in as much as there are three non-voting mem- bers including the speaker thereby making the number necessary fc- a bare majority 3o7. The conserva- tives up to that time had captured 319 seats.
 This did not mean however that the premier already had obtained a so-called working majority as the support of some of the conservatives will be limited on many questions. hut the conservatives were looking to the remaining TO seats to swell their | numbers and increase their lead over the combined opposition.
 Others Elected. Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen, min- ister of health in the Bonar Law cabinet was defeated by his liberal opponent in the Taunton division of | Somerset.
 Austen Chamberlain, leader of tho | house of commons in the Lloyd George regime, was returned by a | large majority over his labor party | opponent in the west division of | Birmingham.
 Charles A. McCurdy, once minister l of food, was returned for Northamp- ton on the coalition liberal ticket, de- feating Miss Margaret Bondfield, la bor and Henry Vivian, liberal. Major John Jacob Astor. son of the late Viscount Astor, was elected on the conservative ticket over the libe- eral candidate. l.. J. Stein. and the independent unionist Col Sir Thomas Poison in the Dover division of Kent.
 Churchill Defeated Winston Churchill former secretatry for the colonies. was defeated for re- election for parliament from the l Dundee division. Sir Robert Sanders conservative, the present minister of agriculture. was elected for tho Bridgewater division of Somerset, l Postmaster Gen. Neville Chamberlain. ! conservative was returned for tho l I.adywood division of Birmingham. l l.. c. $. Amery. conservative. the first lord of the admiralty. was elected for 1 the Sparkbrook division of Birming- | ham.
 Stanley Baldwin. chancellor of cx- l cheouer, had an easy victory in tho Bewley division of Worcestershire. l Lord Robert Ceciliretains his seat for the Hitchin division of Hertford- shire.
 Vote Very Heavy. The poll was remarkably heavy. Tn many constituencies more than so l and in some cases more than 90 per cent. of the electors voted very large proportion being women Tho l enthusiasm of the women was par l ticularly noticeable in London where neither fog nor household cares suf- | feed to keep them indoors
 Laborites Rally Strong.
 The laborites rally to the polls showed thoroughness of party organi- zation and keenness to carry their men to victory Their successes were most striking in the northern indus trial areas especially in Glasgow where seat after seat fell to their attack.
 It is noteworthy that their tri- | umphs came in the constituencies where they were regarded as most likely and it is not expected that later returns will show similar gains as the rural districts are heard from.
 Majoritics Cut Down. The maiorities by which the con- servatives were returned at the last elections were also similar where they were reelected. the case of Pre- mier Bonar Law being typical. The premier yesterday was returned over the laborite candidate in the central division of Glasgow by a. margin of only 2.514 whereas in the previous election his majority was l2,e15.
 viscoumtcss Astor Elected.
 Of the women candidates Wis., countess Astor is the only one re- Il turned thus far and her victory was won by closer margin than when she was first sent to parliament to represent the Sutton division of Plymouth Lady Astor lost many votes through the conservative split but made compensating gains from the lsborites and liberals. Lady Cooper Defeated | Lady Cooper running as conser- vative to succeed her husband Sir Richard Cooper who retired to make way for her. was defeated by tho liberal candidate in Walsall by only BPS votes out of the 2a,2s3 votes boiled by the two candidates. In the Rrentford division of Middlesex ar,- other woman candidate. Mrs. Oliver Strachey. independent. was decisiveiy beaten by Col. Grant Morden. ccn- servative.
 On the whole the election was ro- markable for its good humor. The old time bitterness and Haunting cf personalities were almost abent. Party coiors were worn by few. but one party went 10 the length Of coiorins two miles of streets blue indicating to the electors their path to duty