Prominent Labour women candidates do not appear to have been as successful as some of their men col gues. Whereas Members of former Labour' ministries, like Mr.
Clynes, Mr. Herbert Morrison. Mr. A. V. Alexander, Dr. Hugh Dalton, Mr, Thomas Johnstone, Mr. F. Manta: fne, Mr. C. G, Amman and Mr. H. B. Lees Smith have been returned (the only important casualty being Mr. Wedgwood Benn), Miss Margaret Bondfield and Miss Susan Lawrence have. again to taste defeat. A similar fate befalls Miss Jennie Lew the Scottish graduate who won North Lanark in 1929 at the age of 24, but, sailing under I. L. P. colours, has now been rejected.' Miss Ellen Wilkinson one of the few Labour women re turned to the House. She was pall mentary private Secretary to a Mini ter in Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's former Labour Government. She sal then for Middlesborough which ro-Jected her in 10931. She has now won the Jarrow Division of Durhamshire back to the Labour fold. In the General Election of 1951 fitezn women were elected. This figure hag been increased to 18, Among the re-elections are those of the Duchess of Atholl, Miss Irene Ward, Miss Thelma Cazalet, Miss Eleanor Rathbone and Miss Megan Lloyd Gear Mrs, Verelst_who stood as an Independent at Putney polled only 1,021 votes. She probably is one of the 84 candidates who forfeit their deposits. That Is exactly the same number of forfeitures as in 1931, but then the chief victims were 32 New. Part (Mosteyite), 21, Labour and 21 Com: munist candidates. Now it seems that no less 39 Liberals are among the forfeitures. Mr. W. Gallacher who row enters the House as a Communist was one of the five Communist candidates to whom forfeiture dis of have to be applied in 1931. He Previously contested Dundee in' 1922 and 1923, West Fife in 1029 as well 'a5 in 1931 without success. He went to prison as a Communist during th-war and again in 1919, following the Gordon Square riot at Glasgow. He visited Moscow in 1920 and carnot the commendation of Lenin.
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