The Archive · 1935

Rear-Admiral Sir Mf. F. Sueter

(Consecvative), who was a pioneer in the Introduction of submarines, retained Hertford by a majority of '9701, Sir D. B. Somerwell (Conservative) was re-elected for the Crewe division lof Cheshire.

Aged Clergyman Wins The Rev. J. Barr (Labour), who wrested the Coatbridge division of jLonark after a straight ght with a Conservative, is over 70 years of age.

Mr, Neil Maclean, a Labour Whip, retained the Govan' division Glasgow by a majority of 5,80 after a three-cornered contest in which his opponents were a Conservative and a mom-ber of the Independent Labour Party.

There were Labour gains {rom als in the two divisions of Car-then, while Mr. Fenner Brock: way, who ran as candidate for the Independent Labour Party, was at the bottom of the poll at Norwich, where Mr. Henry Strauss (Conservative) and. Mr. G. H. Shakespeare (Liberal tonal) were elected to the two seats.

Mr. Arthur Henderson, Jr, whose late lather was one of the lenders of the Labour Party, captured the Con~ Jservative seat at Kingswinford by the very small majority of sixteen, while the Hon. Ivor Guest (National), son lof Viscount Wimborne, gained Brecon Jand Radnor from Labour Sir E, Findlay (Conservative), who captured Banfshire, is the pronretor Jof the newspaper "Scotsman."

Mr. Frederick Montague (Labour) formerly Under-Secretary of State for Air, who was defeated in the 1981 flection, captured his former seat, West Islington.

Mr. J. H Thomas' Son Defeated Mr. Leslie Thomas (National Labour), who was defeated by. th Labour candidate in the Leek division of Staffordshire, is the son of Mr. 'J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominions.

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