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1314:Ochil
1188:Moray
899:7.67
876:9.88
765:Swing
747:45.2
734:+2.2
731:31.5
720:−1.5
655:+0.8
652:10.7
634:−8.2
631:18.4
612:−6.0
607:49.9
549:-7.6
545:Swing
529:+2.9
526:48.1
510:16.3
499:+5.4
496:11.6
478:+4.4
475:15.1
454:28.5
433:−5.1
428:44.8
968:See
760:hold
717:6.2
694:6.6
671:8.2
540:hold
363:and
354:2011
337:1999
240:and
217:and
207:2005
195:1999
106:Fife
95:2011
86:1999
1400:Ayr
948:win
936:N/A
919:N/A
903:N/A
880:N/A
857:N/A
843:SNP
833:N/A
698:New
675:New
621:SNP
442:SNP
275:.)
1515::
799:±%
795:%
579:±%
575:%
400:±%
396:%
236:,
232:,
221:.
185:.
1009:e
1002:t
995:v
201:(
124:(
23:.
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