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were returned. They were Lady
AStor. Conservative; the Duchess of
Atholl, Conservative, and Mrs. Hilton
Philipson, Conservative. who were
joined by new woman member, Miss
Wilkinson, 1Aaborite. The defeated
women who were members of the last
House were Miss Margaret Bondfield.
Labor: Miss Susan Lawrence Labor:
Miss Dorothy Jewson. Labor; Mrs.
Margaret Wintringham, Liberal, and
Lady Terrington. Liberal.
The severeSt blow for the Liberals
was the defeat of Mr.. Asquith, whose
loss to the Laborite. Mitchell, in
Paisley, broke the record of % years
in that constituency.
The Liberal leader took his defeat
smilingly. but afterward admitted
profound disappointment, and said he
regretted severance of his connec-
tions with Paisley, for the time be-
ing at any rate"
Aside from ell party considerations,
his loss is generally deplored at the
disappearance. temporarily at least,
of one of the countrys most distin-
guished statesmen.
Winston Churchill Elected.
Winston Churchill, contesting as a
Constitutfonalist candidate from the
Epping division Of Essex, was elected.
Attorney General Patrick Hastings,
whose conduct of the Campbell pros
ecution was the indirect cause of the
downfall of the Labor government,
retained his seat at Walisend, polling
17.275 votes against 1852 for his
Conservative opponent, 5. Howard.
Frank Hodges, civil lord of the
admiralty in the Macdonald govern
ment. was defeated in the Lichtield
division of Stafordshire by his Con-
servative opponent. r. r. Wilson.
who polled 1853 TO 12.512 for the
Labor leader.
The Minister of Labor Thomas
Shaw was Reelected for Preston,
while the other scat in this constitu
ency was captured by the Conserva-
tive candidate, who ousted the Lib
eral. This was Conservative gain
The Conservatives also gained the seats
for Bootle and Leicester, East.
The Laborite leader, G. Bromley,
was elected for Barrowin Furness
Oswald 'Mosley, Lord Curzon's La
borite son-in-law was defeated by
narrow margin in the Lady, wood divi-
sion of Birmingham by Neville Cham
berlin, Conservative, 1924 to 1927.
Gain by LabOrites.
The solid Conservative representa-
ton for Birmingham was preached
by a Labor gain in the kings Norton
division. The other II divisions re-
main Conservative, but the maJorities
for the most part were reduced.
The commissioner of works, Fred
erick w. Jowett, was defeated for
Bradford. East, by the Liberal candi-
date T. d. Fendy, who polled 1920
to Jowett's 1914. Jowett's majority
in the last election was 1852 in
triangular contest.
The first returns from the country
districts showed Conservative gain
in the Basingstoke division OF Hamp-
shire where Col. Sir Arthur Holbrook,
Conservative, defeated Lieut.. Comdr.
r. T. H Fletcher, Liberal, and B.
Greene. Laborite. Last year Fletcher
defeated Holbrook by a narrow mar
gin.
Sir J. A. Z. Marriott. Conservative,
retained his seat for York, and the
Hon. w. Ormsby-Gore. Conservative,
also retained the Stafford division of
Staffordshire.
Henderson's Sons Beaten.
Home Secretary Hendersons two
sons, who sat with their father in the
last Parliament, were defeated, Arthur
Henderson, jr., Labor. in the south
division of Cardiff, and w. Henderson,
Labor, in the Enfield division of Mid
dlesex, the Conservatives gaining both
seats.
Miss Arabe1la Susan Lawrence, one
of Labor's best known woman MEM
bers, was defeated by the Conserva-
tive In the north division of East
Ham.
Col. Joshia c. Wedgwood, chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster and vice
chairman of the Labor party, was re-
elected for New astle-Under-Lyme,
but his majority was halved.
In the crushing collapse of the