1 APRIL 1922, Page 2

In the Chertsey by-election on Friday, March 24th, Sir Philip

Richardson, standing as a Conservative supporter of the Coali- tion, defeated Sir Hubert Gough, Independent Liberal, by a

majority of 2,321 and retained the seat for the Government. Sir Philip Richardson received 11,811 votes, and his opponent 9,490. Sir Hubert Gough was most, unjustly made a scapegoat for the enforced retreat of the Fifth Army in March, 1918, and it cannot be doubted that many electors voted for him out of admiration and sympathy rather than for political reasons. The Independent Liberals would be unwise were they to build new hopes on Sir Hubert Gough's large poll.