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1109:Yorkshire
935:Majority
894:Yorkshire
745:Majority
575:Majority
372:Election
348:Wakefield
284:Wakefield
158:Normanton
108:Normanton
1653:MapIt UK
1606:BBC News
1442:5 August
1331:See also
227:Ed Balls
46:for the
1417:22 July
1146:48,419
1142:Turnout
1049:17,021
1023:18,297
954:49,191
950:Turnout
938:14,499
859:14,769
833:29,268
764:45,897
760:Turnout
748:15,428
662:25,213
593:46,239
589:Turnout
578:10,979
505:11,314
480:22,293
375:Member
266:History
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205:of the
201:of the
40:Former
1586:13 May
1172:–13.4
1160:Labour
1136:–26.9
1130:1,276
1116:1,762
1095:3,147
1070:8,032
1033:–21.6
1010:Labour
993:Votes
987:Party
968:Labour
901:1,431
886:–15.1
880:3,030
820:Labour
803:Votes
797:Party
778:Labour
740:–13.5
734:1,330
711:9,569
688:9,785
649:Labour
632:Votes
626:Party
606:Labour
565:1,183
545:3,846
525:7,585
467:Labour
450:Votes
444:Party
396:Labour
378:Party
193:was a
80:County
1608:. BBC
1343:Notes
1168:Swing
1152:–3.0
1149:57.3
1122:+0.8
1101:+5.1
1073:16.6
1055:+5.3
1052:35.3
1028:37.9
960:+4.7
957:60.3
944:–4.1
941:29.5
930:–1.5
865:+9.2
862:30.0
843:+4.6
838:59.5
770:–0.6
767:55.6
754:+9.9
751:33.6
717:–3.6
714:20.8
691:21.3
672:+6.8
667:54.9
596:56.2
581:23.7
528:16.4
508:24.4
485:48.1
344:Leeds
138:Seats
1614:2019
1588:2015
1563:2015
1530:2015
1470:2016
1444:2023
1419:2020
1163:hold
1133:2.6
1119:3.7
1098:6.5
971:hold
927:1.4
924:693
904:2.9
883:6.2
873:UKIP
781:hold
737:2.9
681:UKIP
568:2.6
548:8.3
405:2024
386:2010
346:and
221:and
132:2024
128:2010
1077:New
908:New
695:New
609:win
538:BNP
274:'s
197:in
141:One
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