2 JULY 1927, Page 7

The result of the Brixton by-election was declared on Monday

as follows : Mr. Nigel Colman (Unionist) Mr. James Adams (Lab.) ..

Mr. F. J. Laverack (L.) .. .. 10,358 .. 6,032 .. 5,134 Unionist majority ..

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4,326 The result of the last election was :- Sir D. Dalziel (Unionist) ..

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15,755 Mr. J. Adams (Lab.) .. .. 7,210 Mr. Laveracir (L.) .. .. 4,871 Unionist majority .. • • .. 8,545 It will be seen that the Liberal candidate was the only one who increased his poll, though the increase was slight. The Labour Party has gone slightly backwards and the Unionist Party considerably backwards, though there is, of course, always a well-known tendency at by-elections for the candidate of the party in power to lose votes to his opponents. The most striking fact was the comparative lethargy of the election. The total poll was about 6,000 below that of the last election.