Evening star., 1945-07-26

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Seafire plane, returning from
parked planes as it lands. Thi
was defeated, as was Gerald
Spencer, secretary to the depart
ment of overseas trade.
Geoffry Lloyd, wartime petroleum
director who supervised the laying
of oil pipelines under the English
Channel, was beaten. He was min
lister of information in the current
"caretaker" government.
Sir William Beveridge. Liberal
author of the famous social security
plan bearing his name, also went
down to defeat.
other Minister Ousted.
Ministers ousted included Sir
Donald Somervell. home secretary;
Richard Law, minister of education;
Leslie Hore- -Belisha, independent,
minister of national insurance and
minister of war in 1887 to 1910 Mr..
Hore- -BeliSha bowed to Michael
Foot, Labor, who was columnist
for the London Daily Herald, Eng
lands leading Labor paper.
Capt. A. S. Cunningham Reid,
independent, who has figured in
many acrimonious debates on the
floor of Commons, was defeated.
Lady Middleton. Laborite, was
elected in Lady Astor's old constitu-
ency at Plymouth. Lady Astor did
not seek reelection. Lady Apsley,
war widow and British Legion execu-
/ tive who sought reelection as a
Conservative, was beaten.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader Of
the Liberal party and minister for
air in the coalition government, lost
by six votes to a Conservative.
Sir Percy Harris, leading Lib
erai, was defeated by Labor oppo-
nent, as was Sir Ronald Cross. Con-
servative and former Australian
high commissioner.
Both Florence Horsbrugh. parlis-
mentary secretary to the ministry Of
health in the coalition government,
and Dingle Foot. former parliament t.
airy secretary to the ministry of
economic warfare, lost in Dundee,
Scotland. districts.
Mr.. Attlee was returned by 6. TOO
vote majority in the London Lime
house district.
Bevan Reelected Easily.
Aneurin Bevan. a young LABOR
leader and one of Mr.. Churchills
most caustic critics on the floor.
was reelected easily. Bevan's wife.
who goes by her maiden name of
Jennie Lee, was elected by 10000
Majority.
Two Conservative cabinet mem
bers returned by slim majorities
we're r. A. Butler. minister of Ia
Dor. and H. U. Willink, minister of
health.
Earl Winterton, one of the Con-
servative party's best vote getters,
was returned for his 40th year in
Commons from Horsham.
Ralph Assheton, chairman Of the
Conservative Party. was swept out
by the Labor landslide, defeated by
; a housewife candidate sponsored
by the Laborites.
Ernest Brown, minister OF air.
craft production in the caretaker
government. fell. under a food of
Labor votes.
Oliver Lyttelton, Conservative,
president of the Board of Trade, re-
tained his seat by narrow margin.
A. C. Bosom Kent, Conservativ
and former New York architect, was
beaten by Laborite Otto Shaw by
300 votes.
Miss Irene Ward, Conservative
stalwart since 1880. lost to a Labor
opponent by more than 1000 votes
Group Capt. Max Aitken, Cana
dian-porn son of Lord Beaverbrook
won seat as a Conservative in one
OF the heavily bombed districts of
Central London.
Col. Clifton Brown, Conservative
Speaker of the last House of Com
mons, was reelected
w. w. Astor, Conservative son of
Lady Astor. was defeated by 1888
votes in Fulham district by Labor
candidate.
Sir Richard Acland. leader of the
Common Wealth party. was de-
feated.
Bartlett Elected.
Vernon Bartlett, independent,
author and widely known broad
caster on foreign affairs, was elected
at Bridgewater, Somerset, by 1000
majority.
Oliver Stanley, Conservative Co.
lonial Secretary, was reelected at
Bristol.
Tom Smith, Laborite miners
leader, overwhelmed his Conserva-
tive rival by $4,000 to 5000.
Tom Driberg, London newspaper
man, was reelected by Labor.
Beverly Baxter, Conservative and
widely known writer, was returned
by narrow margin.
Lord irwin, Conservative son of
Lord Halifax, British Ambassador
to the United States, lost to Labor
opponent by 5000 votes.
Capt. Ian Fraser, Conservative,
blind soldier and chairman of st.
Sunstans Institution for the Blind,
was returned by 5000 majority.
Army Sergt. Ed Willis, Labor, de-
feated the veteran Sir A. G. Erskine
Hill, Conservative, by 500 votes. The
latter is a prominent Scottish lawyer
of Edinburgh.
The Labor Party last formed the
] government in 1929 under the late
Ramsay Macdonald, and held power
until 1881 when it was forced to go
to the people on the gold standard
issue.
Following that election it was