27 APRIL 1912, Page 19

At the by-election in East Nottingham on Friday week Sir

J. D. Rees, the Unionist candidate, was returned by a majority of 1,324. The figures were : Sir J. D. Rees, 6,482; Mr. T. W. Dobson (Liberal), 5,158. The Unionist majority at the last election, when the Unionist, Captain Morrison, was returned, was 1,470. Sir J. D. Rees said that he attributed his success in almost maintaining Captain Morrison's majority, although he had had only a few days in the constituency, first, to the unpopularity of Home Rule and, secondly, to the popular detestation of the Insurance Act. Irish Nationalists had worked hard to secure the return of the Liberal candidate.