The results of two by-elections in East Anglia have been
announced this week. In the Woodbridge division of Suffolk, Sir A. Churchman, a Unionist, held the seat for the Coalition, defeating Mr. Harben, a new recruit to the Labour Party, by 1,191 votes, In South Norfolk, on the other hand, Mr. G. Edwards, a well-known Norfolk Liberal who has joined the Labour Party, won the seat for Labour in a three-cornered fight. The figures were : Mr. Edwards (Labour), 8,694 ; Mr. Batty (Coalition Liberal), 6,476; Mr. C. H. Roberts (Independent Liberal), 3,718. At the General Election Mr. Edwards, in a straight fight with the Coalition candidate, now Lord Cozens- Hardy, polled 6,636 votes and was beaten by a majority of 5,219. This time his local popularity and the appearance of an Inde- pendent Liberal candidate gave him the victory. It is significant that so prominent an Independent Liberal as Mr. Charles Roberts should have been last on the poll in an old Liberal stronghold.
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