Labour continues to enjoy singular good fortune in the matter
of by-elections. Of the four seats at present vacant only one, South Hammersmith, is held by a majority of less than 6,000, which, in spite of Edmonton, is something considerable to wipe out. In South Hammersmith the majority is just under 3,500, and if the Conserva- tives do not make here their first gain of a seat since the General Election they will be held, both by themselves and by their opponents, to have failed badly. The majority of 7,600 in North St. Pancras will no doubt be reduced, but hardly obliterated, and both at Batley and Morley and at Sowerby Labour ought to retain the seats with reduced majorities—though it is hard to foresee how the Lynskey Tribunal and its findings will affect votes in Mr. Belcher's former constituency.
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