By-Election The result of the by-election in the Ogmore (Glamorgan)
division, caused by the death of Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, can give little satisfaction to the Labour Party. Mr. Edward Williams (Labour), although he was opposed only by a Communist, Mr. J. R. Campbell, polled only 19,356 votes, and his opponent received the surprisingly large number of 5,219. The total poll was only 24,475, as compared with 40,898 at the last election. The unusual success of the Communist seems to be due partly to the fact that Mr. Campbell is an unusually strong candidate after the damage which he did to the Labour Government in 1924, and partly to the factor which also accounts for the low poll, general disgust with the present course of politics in a community which includes a large number of unemployed. The contrast between the success of the Nazis and Communists in Germany and such following as Sir Oswald Mosley and Mr. Campbell can show, is one more welcome proof that both Englishmen and Welshmen are slow to listen to counsels of despair.
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