London, Feb. 17.
The by-election in the Holderness division of Yorkshire caused by the death of Sir Servington Savery has resulted in the return of the National Conservativg candidate in! a' four-cornered contest, The new member is Mr. J. G. Braithwaite, who polled 6,152 votes mhore*than the "runner-up," Miss Aline Mackinnon, who unsuccessfully contested the last election in the same constituency, as did the Labour candidate.
Mr. Braithwaite's success means that the Government retains the seat, as his predecessor was also a National Conservative.
The votes received by the four candidates were:-—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.