15 MAY 1926, Page 4

The result of the By-election at Buckrose was declared on

Thursday, May 6th, and was most encouraging to the Government. The figures were :- Major Braithwaite (Unionist) .. 12,089.

Sir Harry Verney (Liberal) .. 10,537.

Mr. H. C. Laycock (Labour) .. 2,191.

The election was to fill the place of Sir Guy Gaunt, who recently resigned. At the last election there was no Labour candidate. Major Braithwaite said that the chief cause of his victory was the loyalty of the electors to the Constitution and to the Prime Minister. He took his seat in Parliament on Monday, and at once returned to Yorkshire to drive a railway engine. * * * * *