6 DECEMBER 1930, Page 3

* * * * The By-Elections

The by-elections show universal dissatisfaction with the Government. The result in East Renfrew was declared last Saturday as follows

LORD DOUGLAS. AND CLYDESDALE (U.).. ..

19,753 Mr. T. Irwin (Lab.)

Mr. W. 0. Brown (Scottish Nat.) .

4,818 •

U. majority over Lab. ..

7,480

'The result at the General Election was :-

Mr. A. M. MacRobert (U.) ..

18,487 The Rey. T. M. Munro (Lab.) . 16,924 Unionist majority .. ' 1,563 Mr. Irwin was not much helped by the rush of Labour

rebels to his support. lie laid the blame for his defeat on the 9,000 new voters in the suburban areas. Lord Clydesdale is an orthodox Baldwinitc, but in his speeches he preferred attacking the Government to emphatically recommending Protection.