Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-28
MACDONALD PARTY
WINS IN LANDSLIDE
Nationalist to Have Biggest
Majority Ever to Sit in
House OF Commons.

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tive Londoners by building brilliant
oranre-hued bath houses in fashionable
HYDE Park, was one Of two dissent
ing former Labor ministers who were
reelected. Sir Stafford Grips. former
solicitor general was the other.
MajoritIes Switch.
In many instances q large growth OF
Conservative votes over the vote In the
same constituencies in 1929 showed the
sweeping characteristics Of the change,
On the other hand. strong Labor ma
jorities Of two years ago we're entirely
wiped out in many ether instances ard
Conservative strength set up in their
places Manchester, which sent five
labor members. two Liberals and three
Conservatives TO the last House OF Com
mons. returned 10 Conservatives yester-
day. and Birmingham, which elected
six Labor members in 1929, went solid
~ Conservative.
Liverpool. which sent 6 Conservatives
and Labor members to the old Par
lament will have 10 Conservative AND
! Labor member in the new,
The 1929 ma iority Of George Lans-
hurry, one Of the two dissenting former
Labor ministers to achieve re-electl9n,
was cut down Yesterday from ii .267 to
SEA. At the same time Sir Austen
Chamberlain, Conservative. and hrst
lord OF the admiralty in the national
ministry. turned a slender majority OF
as In 1929 into one Of IL 94l votes yes
terday over his Labor opponent
oliver Baldwin Loses.
Oliver Baldwin. Socialist son OF the
Conservative leader. IVES defeated by
Conservative In the Charnham division
OF Rochester, where he was the LABOR
candidate. The seat had been held oy
Prank Markham, Labor member, who
followed Macdonald with the National
government was formed and who ran in
the general election as National Labor
candidate
Miss Ellen wilkinson. one of the best
known women In the Labor movement,
lost the seat for East Middlesbrough
to a National Labor candidate, E. j.
Young, who won by nearly 5000 ma
jority Sir James Sexton, Labor, one
Of the most picturesque figures in the
House Of Commons, was defeated by
Conservative.
Arthur Henderson heard the news Of
his defeat over the radio in a hotel
room at Burley, which he was to Ill
70 leave.
s. Saklatvala, only Communist ever
TO sit in Parliament, was defeated by
Conservative in a three-cornered con-
test in the London Borough Of Battersea
North. He did not even get enough
required to put up.
PrOhibitionist Defeated.
Edwin Scrymgeour. the only Prohibi-
ZIONIST member of Parliament, was de-
feated by Miss Florence HorSbrugh. Con-
sentative. He was a Labor candidate
ct Dundee, Scotland.
Another woman, Miss Irene Ward, de-
feeted Margaret "Our Maggie" Bond
field. former Labor cabinet member.
Mrs. Ida Copeland defeated Sir Oswald
MoSley, founder of the new party"
Mrs. Mary Hamilton Labor member of
the last Parliament, was defeated Mrs
II. r. Tate, Conservative. defeated s. p.
Want. assistant postmaster general in
the former Labor government.
II was a bad day for writer's. Edgar
wallace. noted author of hundreds of
detective stories, was defeated, and so
was Philip Guedella, famous biographer
wallace, who ran as a Liberal, lost to
Conservative candidate by a vote of
5000 to 1924
Winston Churchill running as a Con-
sentative in the Epping division Of Es-
sex County, was elected in q three-cor-
nered fight against a Liberal and q
Labor candidate.
Noted Athlete Elected.
Arthur Hayday, president of the
British Trades Unicn Council, was de-
feated by over 5000 votes in the dis
trict Of Nottingham West by his Con-
sentative opponent. At the last general
election his majority was more than
10000.
Lord Burghley. noted British athlete
who has competed frequently in Amer
lean meets. was elected as C-nserva-
tive In Northampton and Peterborough.
He defeated his Labor opponent by
12,4S4 votes His father. the Marques
of Exeter. sits in the House Of Lords
Malcolm Macdonald. sen of the
prime minister. was reelected from tho
BaSsetlaw division by a vote of 2Tl36
TO 1883 for II Watkins, Laborite He
Is a National Labor candidate.