The ,Ccialition -has lost two seats to Labour. On Saturday.
last, in the. Clayton division. of Manchester, Mr. J. R Sutton, a well-known Manchester , -Labour leader, was returned by a majority-of 3,624 over Mr. Flanagan, the Conservative candidate. At the General Election the late Dr. Edward Hopkinson defeated Mr. Sutton by • 4,631 votes. This time the Labour poll increased from 7,654 to 14,662, while the Conservative poll declined from 12,285 to 11,038. In . North Camberwell on Monday, Mr. C. G. Ammon, the Labour candidate, defeated the Conservative, Mr. R. J. lSieller, by 1,135 votes. At the General Election, when an independent Liberal stood, receiving 2,177 votes, Mr. Ammon:was at the bottom of the poll with 2,175 votes. - On Monday he polled 7,854 votes, while the Conserva- tive poll increased only from 6,010 to 6,719. Mr. Ammon attributed . his success in part to public disapproval of the Geddes Committee's proposed reduction of Education expendi- ture.
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