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700:Elections in the 1990s
375:Elections in the 1980s
362:constituency abolished
181:Lichfield and Tamworth
171:, the seat was won by
145:from 1983 until 1997.
1505:Politics of Lichfield
1124:General election 1992
523:General election 1987
381:General election 1983
259:Members of Parliament
213:1992 general election
185:1987 general election
169:1983 general election
1448:"Politics Resources"
1418:"Election Data 1992"
1388:"Election Data 1987"
1358:"Election Data 1983"
1304:Notes and references
1126:: Mid Staffordshire
882:Screaming Lord Sutch
877:Monster Raving Loony
708:: Mid Staffordshire
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383:: Mid Staffordshire
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101:Stafford & Stone
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1422:Electoral Calculus
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93:Created from
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1230:Natural Law
1191:Sylvia Heal
743:Sylvia Heal
560:John Heddle
515:(new seat)
466:Peter Lane
418:John Heddle
349:since 1997
310:Sylvia Heal
288:John Heddle
205:Sylvia Heal
192:by-election
173:John Heddle
111:Replaced by
1489:Categories
1462:6 December
1134:Candidate
906:John Hill
716:Candidate
533:Candidate
391:Candidate
323:2000–2010
250:Boundaries
1250:Majority
1213:BJ Stamp
1063:Majority
814:Ian Wood
647:Majority
479:Majority
370:Elections
347:Lichfield
228:Lichfield
154:Lichfield
115:Lichfield
60:Lichfield
1331:14 March
1234:D Grice
269:Member
266:Election
244:Stafford
197:Poll Tax
127:Stafford
35:for the
1474:Sources
1432:28 June
1402:28 June
1372:28 June
1269:62,859
1265:Turnout
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1167:31,227
1084:56,359
1080:Turnout
775:18,200
749:27,649
666:56,584
662:Turnout
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613:13,114
606:Liberal
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566:28,644
497:52,260
493:Turnout
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469:11,720
449:13,330
442:Liberal
424:27,210
207:of the
175:of the
167:At the
158:Rugeley
141:in the
105:Cannock
64:Rugeley
29:Former
1259:−16.0
1253:6,236
1222:−13.0
1216:6,402
1201:+15.1
1186:Labour
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1131:Party
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1098:Labour
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840:1,215
817:1,422
802:−12.0
796:6,315
781:−18.3
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394:Votes
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315:Labour
275:Notes
137:was a
45:County
1295:−8.0
1291:Swing
1275:+6.2
1272:85.6
1219:10.2
1198:39.8
1177:−0.9
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272:Party
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162:Stone
119:Stone
85:Seats
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1434:2017
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1374:2017
1333:2016
1286:hold
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1240:0.4
1237:239
1101:gain
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1032:0.1
1007:0.1
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912:0.5
909:311
889:0.6
886:336
864:1.0
861:547
843:2.2
820:2.5
683:hold
637:1.5
634:836
357:1997
331:1992
283:1983
230:and
156:and
103:and
79:1997
75:1983
1244:New
1073:N/A
1057:New
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1036:New
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1021:2CV
1011:New
1004:51
986:New
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961:New
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940:New
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