Two by-election results have been declared as we go to
press this week. In the purely mining constituency of Chester-le- Street., Durham, the local miners' nominee, Mr. Lawson, was returned, defeating Mr. Gilmour, a Scottish miners' leader, who stood for the National Democratic Party. Mr. Lawson polled 17,838 votes to Mr. Gilmour's 5,313 votes. The seat had been held by a miner since 1906, and there was no contest last Decem- ber. In South Croydon, the seat left vacant by Sir Ian Mal- colm's appointment to the Suez Canal Commission was held for the Unionists by Sir Allan Smith, who defeated the Inde- pendent Liberal, Alderman Boulder, a popular ex-Mayor, by a majority of 2,204. At the General Election Sir Ian Malcolm had only to face a Labour man, whom he defeated by a majority of over ten thousand.
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