NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 1 March 1923

1 MARCH 1923

William Edwin Pease won the Darlington by-election for the Conservative Party, securing 14,684 votes, with the Labour candidate Will Sherwood securing 11,271 votes. The previous MP, Herbert Pease, was the cousin of William and the by-election had been caused as he had been elevated to the Peerage.

The Criminal Justice Bill was read for a second time in the House of Lords.

The Dangerous Drugs and Poisons Amendment Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons.