The Shipley By-Election The result of the Shipley by-election was
declared on Friday, November 7th, as follows :-
S. 11. LocKwooD (U.)
15.238 W. A. Robinson (Lab.) .. 13,573
A. Davy (Lib.) ..
12,785 W. Gallacher (Comm.) .. 7701 Conservative majority 1,665
The figures at the last election were :-
Mr. W. Mackinder (Lab.)
18,654 Sir R. Clough (U.) .. 13,693 Mr. F. W. }first (L.) .. 11,712 Labour majority .. 4,961
Unionists are naturally gratified at winning a seat which had belonged for many years to the other side. Mr. Lockwood preached Safeguarding of the woollen textile industry against foreign competition and, as was to be expected, enjoyed great local popularity. In the matter of food taxes he went very slow. He was even a little less advanced than Mr. Baldwin when he said definitely that he hoped that it would be possible to avoid food taxes altogether. The result was a shock for the Govern- ment, who had expected to hold the seat. Labour lost five thousand votes, and it was not possible to bring out the familiar excuse that the election was fought on the old register.
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