28 APRIL 1923, Page 2

The result of the Ludlow by-election was that the Unionists

retained the seat with a majority reduced from 5,808 to 3,216. The figures were :— Lieut-.Col. Windsor-Clive (C.) • . .4 9,956 Capt. E. C. Pryce (L.) .. 6,740 Lieut. P. F. Pollard (Lab.) .. . .. 1,420 The constituency is rural. Of the eight by-elections since the General Election three have been 'lost by the Government, two gained by Labour, two by the Liberals, and an Independent seat lost. This gives the Govern- ment -341 votes, Labour 140, the Liberals, ^if combined, 119, and 15 sundries.