The Dundee election has resulted in the return of Mr.
Winston Churchill, the figures, which were announced late last Saturday night, being as follows :—Mr. Winston Churchill (L.), 7,079; Sir G. W. Baxter (U.), 4,370; Mr. G. H. Stuart (Labour), 4,014; Mr. E. Scrymgeour (Prohibitionist), 665. The Liberal majority over Unionist is thus 2,709. The lessons of the election are slightly obscured by the difficulty of instituting comparisons with recent elections ; but in view of the halving of the Liberal majority of 1906, and the increase by five hundred of the Unionist vote, it is impossible to claim Mr. Churchill's return as indicating the unabated confidence of the country in the Government. The figures of the election in the Montrose Burghs, which took place on Tuesday, are as follows :—Mr. R. Vernon Harcourt (L.), 3,083; Mr. Joseph Burgess (Labour), 1,937; Mr. A. H. Briggs Constable (U.), 1,576. The Liberal majority over Labour is thus 1,146. Here, again, comparison is almost impossible; but apparently the Scottish electers are not so much disillusioned as those of England. In the North Shropshire election, declared on Friday alteration, the seat was retained by the Unionist.
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