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191:Boundaries
718:Majority
561:Majority
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264:Alf Bates
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891:Archived
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777:See also
259:Feb 1974
245:Election
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66:Cheshire
52:Cheshire
35:for the
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735:Turnout
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501:32,310
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428:Turnout
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397:Liberal
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357:31,850
308:Results
175:History
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29:Former
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