The results declared on Thursday added fifteen to the long
list of Liberal victories. A remarkable turn-over was wit- nessed in the Walthamstow division of Essex, where Mr. J. A. Simon converted a Unionist majority of 2,465 into a Liberal majority of nearly 4,000. Three seats were captured in Cheshire, one in Yorkshire, and four in Scotland, where Mr. Parker Smith, one of Mr. Chamberlain's staunchest sup- porters, was rejected in the Partick division of Lanarkshire. On the other hand, a triangular contest in the Govan division led to the capture of a seat by the Unionists. Sir Edward Grey trebled his majority in the Berwick division of North- umberland, and Mr. Shackleton, the Labour candidate in the Clitheroe division, held his seat by a majority of upwards of 8,000. The last election results in Wales were announced, and now, for the first time, every seat in Wales and Mon- mouthshire is held by a Liberal or Labour Member. On the polls declared on Friday up to the moment of our going to press the Liberals won seven seats, and the Unionists re- captured Whitby, which was lost at a by-election.
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