Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-11-16
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B0NAR Law VICTOR;
LABOR HAS BIG GAIN

LONDON, Nov. 16 (By The As
sociated Press, P. M.)-With con-
siderable more than two-thirds Of
the returns in at this hour the
conservatives were rapidly ap-
preaching the number of members
necessary (30S) for control Of the
new house of commons.
Returns from 444 divisions out of
615 showed the followings
Conservatives 265.
Liberals (Asquithian) 40.
Laborites 90.
National Liberals (Georgeitel 81.
Other parties II.
LONDON, Nov. 16. (By The As
sociated Press) Strong gains for
the conservatives were shown in the
compilation of members elected to
the House of Commons made at 2
o'clock this afternoon on the re-
turns SO far made. This showed the
total members returned including
the uncontested division. to be as
follows:
Conservatives, 222.
Liberals, (Asquithian) 30.
Laborites, 49,
National liberals lGeorgeiteS}s 20
Other parties, 9.
The total House membership Is
SIS with 307 necessary for major
ity.
With so7 seats thus accounted for
out of the total Of SIS in the House
of Commons it was no more pos
sible even for the experts to predict
the complexion of the next Hous6
than it was last night.
The Conservatives had a majority
of forty-seven seats over all other
parties at that hour. but surprising
upsets which were constantly CROP
ping up in various Constituencies
drove the election prophets TO COW
er.
Labor continued to furnish the
most sensational features of the
early returns, about half the total
labor party seats representing gains
as compared with the last elections.
These gains were for the most part
in Scotland and in the manufacture
ing counties and northern towns Of
England.
The Liberals, or Asquithians. also
made substantial gains while both
the Conservatives and the National
Liberals or Georgeites lost heavily
The women candidates continued
| to fare badly. Out of thirty three
women nominees only one. Lady
| Astor, had been returned up to / p.
| M, while more than a dozen had
been recorded as defeated at that
| hour.
OF the individual defeats the moss
| startling reported during the morn
| ing were those of Z. S. Montagu,
Liberal. former secretary for India
| and the veteran labor leader. Arthur
Henderson.
Conservative headquarters stated
!, that so far as voting in parliament
| was concerned the Conservatives
were secure against the Labor party
| because they could reasonably look
| for support from the Independent
Conservatives, the Asquithians and
the Georgeites.
| J. h. Thomas, Labor, and Charles
Roberts, Liberal, were elected for
Derby's two seats. This Is a gain ol
another seat for the Asquithian
Liberals.
Sir Arthur Griffith -Boscawen, nin-
! lister of health in the Bonar Law
cabinet, was defeated by his Liberal
opponent IN the Taunton division of
| Somerset.
Austin Chamberlain, leader Of this
/ house Of commons in the Lloyd
George regime was returned by =
large majority over his Labor party
/ oppOueuI III tAo WSSI OiszslV4 -
i Birmingham.
| The second woman to be returned
| to the new house of commons, Lady
Astor being the first. was Mrs. Mar
garet Wintringhasn. the present
member for the Louth division OF
Linsolnshire. Mrs. Wintringham
retains her seat with 11,609 votes
| against the Conservative candi-
date Sir Alan Hutchings. with TO-
726 votes.
Charles A. McCurdy, once minister
| of food, and later chief coalition
whip, was returned from Northamp-
ton on the coalition Liberal ticket
with 19,974 votes over Miss Marga-et
Bondfield. Labor, with 14,49S vote.
and Henry Vivian. Liberal, with 2,-
753 votes.
Major John Jacob Astor. son 81
| the late viscount Astor. was elected
on the Conservative ticket over the
Liberal candidate, L. ]. Stein. and
the Independent Unionist. Col Ssl
Thomas Poison, in the Dover divi-
sion OF Kent.
W. C. Bridgeman, Conservatives
the present home secretary. was
elected in the Oswestry division. 1!
Shropshire.