5 MARCH 1892, Page 3

The election for the Chertsey Division of West Surrey has

turned out much as those who know the division expected. The Conservative majority, which was 1,980 in 1885 (there was no contest in 1886), has been slightly diminished, and is now 1,838, the Conservatives having regarded the seat as perfectly safe, and Mr. Baker, the Gladstonian candidate, having rather fascinated the electorate. The total poll, which was 7,140 in 1885, increased on this occasion to 7,340, or by 200 votes. At this rate, the Gladstonians may carry the seat, if the party still exists, about the middle of the next century.