29 OCTOBER 1910, Page 3

The result of the by-election to fill the vacancy in

South Shields caused by the appointment of Sir William Robson as a Lord of Appeal was announced on Thursday night:—

Mr. Russell Rea (L.) ...

... 7,929 Mr. Vaughan Williams (C.)... 4,910 Liberal majority ... ... 3,019 The Liberal majority in 1910 was 4,236, and in 1906 6,286. Although the Liberal vote has fallen since the last election by 1,161, the Unionist vote has increased by only 56. This Northern industrial centre apparently stands where it did on the issue between Free-trade and Tariff Reform.