21 JANUARY 1922, Page 3

At the by-election on Tuesday in the Tamworth division of

Warwickshire, Sir Percy Newson, a Coalition. Unionist, defeated Mr. G. H. Jones, a Labour candidate, by a majority of 8,061. The Unionist polled 14,732 votes and the Labour man 6;671. At the General Election the late Mr. H. Wilson-Fox was unopposed, but this time the Labour Party hoped to gain the support of the agricultural labourers, whose wages have fallen with the price of corn and live-stook. The result was a great disappointment for the Socialists.