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112:Replaced by
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1374:Midlothian
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1364:Linlithgow
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221:Midlothian
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185:See also:
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1407:Kirkcaldy
1041:Footnotes
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92:Abolished
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1528:Dumfries
1432:Stirling
1326:Lothians
1316:Shetland
1073:See also
1060:Archived
375:Election
354:Sciennes
169:For the
153:Lothians
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1210:Glasgow
1133:»
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1013:40,135
1009:Turnout
878:14,869
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670:10,005
592:32,573
588:Turnout
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1306:Orkney
1139:»
1029:Labour
1016:62.62
998:13.52
995:5,424
959:15.89
956:6,378
936:22.33
933:8,961
911:23.53
908:9,445
883:37.05
865:Labour
848:Votes
842:Party
825:+7.62
816:Labour
798:51.68
761:1,768
746:−9.44
743:14.09
740:4,396
725:+0.71
722:16.60
719:5,180
704:−5.49
701:31.56
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680:+9.74
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640:Votes
634:Party
576:1,929
562:5,589
539:6,117
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462:Votes
456:Party
381:Party
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350:Grange
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230:, the
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1465:Angus
1427:Perth
1422:Ochil
1296:Moray
982:1.20
821:Swing
814:from
780:0.51
764:5.67
614:Swing
598:+4.9
595:56.6
582:+5.4
568:+0.6
565:17.2
545:+4.7
542:18.8
524:−2.5
521:29.1
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497:35.0
321:wards
315:Wards
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1053:See
979:482
812:gain
777:158
609:hold
579:5.9
427:2011
408:2003
389:1999
362:Inch
260:2005
252:1999
219:and
95:2011
86:1999
1508:Ayr
1032:win
1020:N/A
1002:N/A
986:N/A
963:N/A
940:N/A
915:N/A
899:SNP
889:N/A
784:N/A
768:New
733:SNP
532:SNP
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