The vacancy in the Stirling Burghs caused by the death
of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has been filled by the return of the Liberal candidate, the figures, which were announced late on the night of Friday week, being as follows :—Mr. .Arthur Ponsonby f(L.), 3,873; Mr. William Whitelaw (U.), 2,512; Liberal majority, 1,361. The contest, which was not compli• cated by the intervention of a Labour candidate, has thus resulted in the retention of the seat by the Liberals. As the seat was not contested in 1906, it is impossible to say whether the constituency has or has not been affected by the loss of confidence in the Government so apparent at other by. elections. Mr. Ponsonby, who enters the House for the first time, was the late Premier's private secretary, a post which he filled with ability and tact, and his devotion to his late chief naturally commended him to the Stirling electors.
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