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19:
18:
1109:Independent
1039:Independent
995:Independent
819:Independent
659:Independent
595:Independent
520:Independent
456:Independent
76:Independent
50:An earlier
1904:Categories
1882:See also:
1133:References
1020:Candidate
899:Candidate
780:Candidate
620:Candidate
481:Candidate
364:Candidate
223:Candidate
116:2003–2009
104:1999–2003
92:1983–1999
80:1973–1983
1871:Abolished
1805:Abolished
1739:Abolished
1673:Abolished
1607:Abolished
1541:Abolished
1183:10 August
1157:15 August
1078:Majority
957:Majority
836:Majority
767:2003-2007
716:Majority
557:Majority
418:Majority
351:1999-2003
296:Majority
210:1995-1999
1092:Turnout
971:Turnout
850:Turnout
730:Turnout
571:Turnout
432:Turnout
310:Turnout
36:England
1073:+38.3
1052:+61.7
1023:Votes
1017:Party
952:+47.4
931:+52.6
902:Votes
896:Party
831:+12.2
811:+32.7
783:Votes
777:Party
699:Labour
691:+10.1
623:Votes
617:Party
552:+13.5
512:+44.5
484:Votes
478:Party
367:Votes
361:Party
334:Labour
261:Labour
226:Votes
220:Party
68:Years
26:was a
1884:Wards
1121:Swing
1114:from
1099:15.0
1084:23.4
1070:38.3
1049:61.7
1000:Swing
993:from
978:31.3
949:47.4
928:52.6
879:Swing
872:from
857:41.0
828:46.3
808:53.7
755:Swing
737:26.9
722:20.0
711:−4.9
688:10.1
671:−2.3
668:31.6
651:−2.9
648:51.6
600:Swing
593:from
578:49.3
549:13.5
532:−9.2
529:42.1
509:44.5
461:Swing
454:from
439:52.3
424:47.0
411:26.5
392:73.5
339:Swing
332:from
317:39.6
302:31.7
289:15.8
270:26.2
251:57.9
1867:2007
1862:2003
1857:1999
1852:1995
1847:1991
1842:1987
1837:1983
1832:1979
1827:1976
1822:1973
1801:2007
1796:2003
1791:1999
1786:1995
1781:1991
1776:1987
1771:1983
1766:1979
1761:1976
1756:1973
1735:2007
1730:2003
1725:1999
1720:1995
1715:1991
1710:1987
1705:1983
1700:1979
1695:1976
1690:1973
1669:2007
1664:2003
1659:1999
1654:1995
1649:1991
1644:1987
1639:1983
1634:1979
1629:1976
1624:1973
1603:2007
1598:2003
1593:1999
1588:1995
1583:1991
1578:1987
1573:1983
1568:1979
1563:1976
1558:1973
1537:2007
1532:2003
1527:1999
1522:1995
1517:1991
1512:1987
1507:1983
1502:1979
1497:1976
1492:1973
1474:2021
1469:2017
1464:2013
1459:2008
1454:2005
1449:2001
1444:1997
1439:1993
1434:1989
1429:1985
1424:1981
1419:1977
1414:1973
1409:1970
1404:1967
1399:1964
1394:1961
1389:1958
1384:1955
1379:1952
1374:1949
1369:1946
1364:1937
1359:1934
1354:1931
1349:1928
1344:1925
1339:1922
1334:1919
1329:1913
1324:1910
1319:1907
1314:1904
1309:1901
1304:1898
1299:1895
1294:1892
1289:1889
1185:2022
1159:2022
1112:gain
1096:334
1067:128
1046:206
991:gain
975:211
963:5.2
946:100
925:111
870:gain
854:365
842:7.4
825:169
805:196
750:hold
734:643
719:129
708:6.7
665:203
645:332
591:gain
575:758
563:2.4
546:102
526:319
506:337
452:gain
436:378
421:178
408:100
389:278
330:gain
314:587
299:186
267:154
248:340
181:2008
1081:78
960:11
839:27
705:43
685:65
560:18
286:93
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790:±%
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491:±%
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374:±%
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233:±%
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