2 MARCH 1912, Page 2

A by-election took place on Monday in the St. Rollox

Division of Glasgow, when Mr. McKinnon Wood -was re-elected on his appointment as Secretary for Scotland. The figures were as follows :—Mr. McKinnon Wood, 8,580; Mr. Macquisten (Unionist), 8,061. The majority was thus 469. At the last election, in December 1910, Mr. McKinnon Wood had a majority of 1,917 on a poll of almost exactly the same size. This drop of nearly 1,500 in the Liberal majority further emphasizes the lesson of recent by-elections.