4 AUGUST 1939, Page 6

So Brecon and Radnor adds one more to the relatively

short list of seats lost by the Government since the last General Election, and again it is a drop in the Government poll, much more than the rise in the Opposition candidate's, that has produced the turn-over. Actually, though the Labour vote has been increased by only 769, a minority of 2,169 is turned into a majority of 2,636. The dominant issue here, as in other recent contests, was, I believe, old-age pensions. An increase in the rate would, of course, relieve not only the pensioners themselves but relatives who, as things are, have to help to support them.

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