A Comment on the Orpington By-election

International Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 15, 19 March 1962 · p. 1 of the scan · 94 words

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The following comment was sent in by a comrade who knows the constit= ueneys "To those who do not know the Kent suburban town of Orpington, the bare figures of the by-election result may seem to show a great defeat for Labour, but it should be remembered that this has always been a Tory seat, for many years held by the famous Sir Waldron Smithers. anyone who has seen the miles of large houses and bungalows in the £5,000 class knows that the Labour Party could never have a chance of a large vote,"