satisfactory. These boroughs are usually divided into wards returning
three or six members each. One-third of the councillors retire each
year, and each ward is called upon to elect one or two councillors, as
the case may be. The figures for the Municipal elections held in
November 1908, at Manchester, Bradford, and Leeds disclose a similar
discrepancy between the votes polled and the seats obtained. [_See
table below_.]

BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS, 1908

Parties Votes Seats Seats in
Polled. Obtained. proportion
to Votes.

_Manchester_.
Conservative 25,724 14 10
Independent 11,107 3 4
Liberal 14,474 7 6
Labour and Socialist 15,963 2 6

_Bradford_.
Conservative 12,809 10 6
Liberal 12,106 6 5
Socialist-Labour 11,388 0 5
Independent 1,709 1 1

_Leeds_.
Conservative 18,145 8 5
Liberal 19,507 3 5
Socialist-Labour 9,615 1 2