The Stourbridge .by-election on Thursday, Feb- ruary 24th, resulted in
a gain for Labour. were as follow :— The figures Wilfred Wellook (Lab.) .. 16,561 . • H. Cairn Hogbin (Unionist) — 13,462 A. J. Glyn Edwards (L.) .. 9,535 Labour majority .. • . 3,099 In 1924 the figures were :- D. P. Pielou (Unionist) .. 18,023 W. Wellock (Lab.) .. .. 14,113 G. le M. Mender (L.) .. 10,418 Unionist majority .. 1,910 After the declaration, Mr. Wellock said that he had won primarily as the result of four years' steady spade work. The main issues before the electors, he declared, had been the low wages policy of the present Govern- ment and the situation in China. Our respect for the people of Stourbridge leads us to suppose that the four years' steady spade work had much more influence on them than the grotesque misstatements about the wages policy of the Government and the situation in China. It will be noted that Labour gets in with a minority vote.
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