532:
44:
3240:
228:
The East and North of
Scotland Liberal Association and the West and South West of Scotland Liberal Association were founded in 1877. Early in 1881, they merged, forming the Scottish Liberal Association, led by Gladstone and Adam. A National Liberal Federation of Scotland was founded in April 1886,
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539:
This chart shows the electoral results of the
Scottish Liberal Party, from its first election in 1859, to its last in 1983. Total number of seats, and vote percentage, is for Scotland only.
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749:
717:
688:
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1164:
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parties during the 20th century, it was still a significant, albeit much reduced force when it finally merged with the Social
Democratic Party in Scotland, to form the
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1320:
1291:
1262:
221:
The
Victorian Liberal party in Scotland was not always ideologically unified, and was faced with many internal divisions, particularly amongst the more conservative
177:(who won back Orkney and Shetland in 1950) being the sole Scottish Liberal MP in the House of Commons from 1951 to 1964. The party gained a partial revival in the
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261:
198:
1363:
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2852:
2847:
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2837:
3203:
3306:
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1386:
858:
838:
805:
1788:
1772:
482:
476:
353:
2084:
2060:
2052:
1836:
1697:
3158:
1713:
267:
3562:
3453:
2529:
2505:
1804:
1729:
420:
1961:
1890:
1160:
472:
466:
456:
450:
312:
3473:
3511:
2624:
2619:
1828:
925:
896:
867:
504:
359:
233:
182:
173:
The party lost its last remaining seats in the UK Parliament in 1945, and continued to decline in popular support in the post war years, with
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2401:
2076:
1812:
1796:
1583:
1491:
318:
126:
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3039:
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1340:
1311:
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1230:
1207:
1184:
1155:
1129:
1103:
1080:
1060:
1051:
1031:
1022:
981:
972:
916:
828:
795:
769:
740:
708:
679:
656:
631:
608:
585:
562:
178:
2762:
2821:
2545:
2377:
2233:
2092:
1953:
1882:
1863:
460:
297:
2313:
2201:
408:
335:
324:
2684:
3552:
3547:
3377:
3173:
3165:
2917:
2909:
2465:
2169:
2068:
1602:
1518:
1148:
1006:
991:
3291:
2217:
2161:
1681:
1642:
1508:
1481:
414:
225:
elements of the party who were largely based in
Edinburgh and the East, and the more western and Glasgow-based radical Liberals.
206:
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3407:
3118:
3052:
2553:
255:
222:
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2811:
2425:
2353:
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2128:
1820:
1780:
3068:
3301:
2927:
2209:
1969:
1737:
531:
186:
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3362:
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1622:
1121:
88:
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2816:
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2417:
2116:
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Brown, Stewart J. (October 1992). "'Echoes of
Midlothian': Scottish Liberalism and the South African War, 1899–1902".
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The
Liberals reached their zenith in Scotland at the 1906 general election, where they won over 80% of Scottish seats.
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K. D. Reynolds, ‘Lindsay , Anna (1845–1903)’, Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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3181:
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2660:
2481:
1745:
834:
801:
426:
347:
159:
3478:
3074:
2433:
2001:
1721:
1705:
745:
713:
684:
649:
237:
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3153:
2994:
2770:
2708:
821:
788:
733:
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2964:
2735:
131:
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3352:
3281:
3113:
3092:
3023:
2987:
2273:
2177:
273:
121:
97:
43:
3186:
2883:
202:
2489:
2361:
2137:
1985:
1874:
1658:
1462:
190:
147:
111:
3412:
2692:
2305:
2185:
1598:
1579:
1514:
1487:
953:
938:
101:
3086:
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3031:
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2569:
2297:
2249:
2153:
964:
519:
374:
365:
341:
303:
17:
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2513:
2409:
2393:
2289:
2241:
1914:
1855:
1753:
1056:
1027:
977:
921:
892:
863:
498:
432:
383:
2585:
2441:
288:
279:
210:
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2537:
2108:
2017:
1930:
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444:
389:
194:
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3255:
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2521:
2281:
2033:
1922:
1906:
1316:
1287:
1258:
488:
174:
93:
81:
3239:
151:
1466:
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530:
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Scottish self-government: the views of the
Scottish Liberal party
201:. Steel went on to become a pivotal figure in the development of
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158:, and although its importance declined with the rise of the
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Constitution and rules of the
Scottish Liberal Association
1619:
Scottish Liberal Club and Scottish Liberal Party archives
1595:
A History of the Scottish Liberals and Liberal Democrats
236:
was formed in 1891 from regional groups and was led by
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but merged into the Liberal Association in December.
1569:. Scottish Liberal Association. c. 1800s. p. 8.
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1507:Checkland, Olive; Checkland, S. G. (January 1989).
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76:
66:
58:
50:
32:
1480:Devine, Thomas Martin; Finlay, Richard J. (1996).
3069:Britain's Industrial Future ("The Yellow Book")
516:Until 1973, the party was led by the president.
193:. A further gain came the following year with
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8:
3578:1988 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
3307:Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party
1690:Leaders in the House of Commons (1859–1916)
1597:. Edinburgh University Press. p. 240.
3312:Scottish Workers' Representation Committee
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199:Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election
3558:Political parties disestablished in 1988
3454:East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
2853:Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988
2848:Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976
2843:Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967
2838:Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956
1510:Industry and Ethos: Scotland, 1832–1914
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154:, was the dominant political party of
3573:Defunct political parties in Scotland
3568:Political parties established in 1859
3512:Current political parties in Scotland
3235:Defunct political parties in Scotland
7:
3522:List of political parties by country
3484:Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
3040:Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)
234:Scottish Women's Liberal Federation
27:Former political party in Scotland
25:
3378:Scottish Democratic Fascist Party
3174:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
3166:National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
2918:National League of Young Liberals
2747:Coalitions with Liberal ministers
1483:Scotland in the twentieth century
3292:Scottish Land Restoration League
3238:
2653:Single party Liberal governments
3563:1859 establishments in Scotland
3474:RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance
3408:Scottish Socialist Party (1932)
3053:Independent Liberals (UK, 1931)
1574:Scottish Liberal Party (1970).
3469:Highlands and Islands Alliance
2045:Leaders in the Lords (1916–88)
1455:The Scottish Historical Review
1:
3302:Scottish Socialist Federation
2817:Members of the House of Lords
1419:Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
1147:Conservative–National Labour–
181:returning three further MPs;
3383:Scottish Labour Party (1976)
3363:Orkney and Shetland Movement
3287:Scottish Labour Party (1888)
1623:National Library of Scotland
548:National leader in Scotland
18:Scottish Liberal Association
3343:Highland Land League (1909)
3333:Communist Party of Scotland
3063:General election manifestos
2869:National Liberal Federation
2701:Campbell-Bannerman ministry
487:1969: Ray Bannerman (later
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3403:Scottish Protestant League
3398:Scottish Prohibition Party
3358:National Party of Scotland
3014:History and related topics
2928:Women's Liberal Federation
2874:Liberal Party Organisation
2763:Second National Government
2728:Asquith coalition ministry
1578:. Scottish Liberal Party.
168:Scottish Liberal Democrats
71:Scottish Liberal Democrats
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3428:Workers Party of Scotland
3423:United Socialist Movement
3373:Protestant Action Society
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2923:Union of Liberal Students
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2755:First National Government
2685:Fourth Gladstone ministry
2669:Second Gladstone ministry
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1848:Overall Leaders (1916–88)
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3553:20th century in Scotland
3548:19th century in Scotland
3388:Scottish Militant Labour
3348:Labour Party of Scotland
3328:Communist Bulletin Group
3182:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
2677:Third Gladstone ministry
2661:First Gladstone ministry
1593:Torrance, David (2022).
1165:Caithness and Sutherland
835:Henry Campbell-Bannerman
802:Henry Campbell-Bannerman
427:Henry Campbell-Bannerman
348:Charles Hampton Johnston
329:1948: Leonard T. M. Gray
262:Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
3479:Scottish Jacobite Party
2976:Social Democratic Party
1540:Liberal Year Book, 1887
746:William Ewart Gladstone
714:William Ewart Gladstone
685:William Ewart Gladstone
397:1987: Christopher Mason
293:1912: William Robertson
3543:Scottish Liberal Party
3459:East Kilbride Alliance
3297:Scottish Liberal Party
3154:Liberal Unionist Party
3028:Coalition Government:
2879:Scottish Liberal Party
2771:Churchill war ministry
2720:Liberal-led coalitions
2709:First Asquith ministry
2426:Henley and Northington
1161:Sir Archibald Sinclair
1124:–Conservative–Liberal
536:
205:, in partnership with
144:Scottish Liberal Party
35:Scottish Liberal Party
3517:Elections in Scotland
3338:Fife Socialist League
3049:National Government:
2965:National Liberal Club
2950:Related organisations
2812:Members of Parliament
2736:Lloyd George ministry
534:
527:Electoral performance
494:1976: Robert L. Smith
370:1973: Robert L. Smith
179:1964 general election
146:, the section of the
3507:Politics of Scotland
3282:Highland Land League
3169:(David Lloyd George)
3114:Radical Reform Group
3024:Liberal Imperialists
2988:Ulster Liberal Party
2982:SDP–Liberal Alliance
2610:Leadership elections
1551:accessed 15 Oct 2017
1461:(191/192): 156–183.
439:John Hamilton-Gordon
274:John William Crombie
122:Politics of Scotland
108:National affiliation
98:Classical liberalism
3187:Michael Meadowcroft
2884:Welsh Liberal Party
1321:Orkney and Shetland
1292:Orkney and Shetland
1263:Orkney and Shetland
308:1933: William Baird
268:Edward Marjoribanks
203:Scottish devolution
1746:Campbell-Bannerman
537:
473:Archibald Sinclair
467:Archibald Sinclair
457:Archibald Sinclair
451:Archibald Sinclair
421:Archibald Primrose
379:1977: Terry Grieve
313:Archibald Sinclair
284:1909: George Green
197:'s victory at the
191:Alasdair Mackenzie
156:Victorian Scotland
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3413:Shetland Movement
3261:Squadrone Volante
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2693:Rosebery ministry
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1940:
1868:
1585:978-0-902381-04-9
1493:978-0-7486-0839-3
1437:
1436:
965:Coalition Liberal
954:Coalition Liberal
939:Coalition Liberal
911:Liberal minority
882:Liberal minority
764:Liberal minority
703:Liberal minority
394:1986: John Lawrie
336:Louise Glen-Coats
325:Louise Glen-Coats
140:
139:
127:Political parties
102:Social liberalism
16:(Redirected from
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3449:Britannica Party
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3184:
3176:
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3124:Rockingham Whigs
3032:Coalition Coupon
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2900:Liberal Assembly
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1149:Liberal National
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1098:Labour minority
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1046:Labour minority
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1007:National Liberal
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998:Official Liberal
992:National Liberal
986:Official Liberal
960:
950:
945:Official Liberal
933:Official Liberal
907:
878:
849:
822:Liberal Unionist
816:
789:Liberal Unionist
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760:
734:Liberal Unionist
728:
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670:
645:
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520:Russell Johnston
375:Menzies Campbell
366:Russell Johnston
342:John Gray Wilson
187:Russell Johnston
80:2 Atholl Place,
67:Merged into
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3034:
2878:
2625:1976 (Steel)
2025:
2009:
1993:
1977:
1875:Lloyd George
1594:
1575:
1566:
1545:
1539:
1536:
1535:
1531:
1530:
1509:
1502:
1482:
1475:
1458:
1454:
1448:
1387:October 1974
928:
650:Conservative
551:Vote %
538:
304:John Anthony
289:Eugene Wason
280:Eugene Wason
256:Victor Bruce
238:Anne Lindsay
231:
227:
220:
211:Donald Dewar
172:
143:
141:
77:Headquarters
62:3 March 1988
2990:(1956–1987)
2984:(1981–1988)
2978:(1981-1988)
2970:Reform Club
2765:(1931-1932)
2643:Governments
2362:Comyns Carr
2194:Dyke Acland
2180:(1890–1902)
2138:Chamberlain
1815:(1896–1902)
1748:(1899–1908)
1415:David Steel
557:Government
522:, 1973–1988
445:Ramsay Muir
390:Ross Finnie
319:Philip Kerr
195:David Steel
3537:Categories
3494:Solidarity
3353:Moderates
3256:Kirk Party
3119:Whig Party
2893:Conference
2831:Frontbench
2822:Chief Whip
2570:Penhaligon
2306:Fothergill
2154:Fell Pease
2129:Presidents
1714:Hartington
1698:Palmerston
1671:Leadership
1440:References
1317:Jo Grimond
1288:Jo Grimond
1259:Jo Grimond
929:(defeated)
750:Midlothian
718:Midlothian
689:Midlothian
489:Ray Michie
402:Presidents
244:Leadership
207:John Smith
175:Jo Grimond
94:Liberalism
3093:Liberator
3075:Glee Club
2795:Structure
2773:(1940–45)
2738:(1916–22)
2730:(1915–16)
2711:(1908–15)
2703:(1905–08)
2695:(1894–95)
2687:(1892–94)
2671:(1880–85)
2663:(1868–74)
2588:(1987–88)
2580:(1986–87)
2572:(1985–86)
2564:(1984–85)
2556:(1983–84)
2548:(1982–83)
2546:Griffiths
2540:(1981–82)
2532:(1980–81)
2524:(1979-80)
2516:(1978–79)
2508:(1977–78)
2500:(1976–77)
2498:Goldstone
2492:(1975–76)
2490:Wingfield
2484:(1974–75)
2476:(1973–74)
2468:(1972–73)
2460:(1971–72)
2452:(1969–70)
2444:(1968–69)
2436:(1967–68)
2428:(1966–67)
2420:(1965–66)
2412:(1964–65)
2404:(1963–64)
2396:(1962–63)
2394:F Brunner
2388:(1961–62)
2386:Malindine
2380:(1960–61)
2372:(1959–60)
2370:Glanville
2364:(1958–59)
2356:(1957–58)
2348:(1956–57)
2340:(1955–56)
2332:(1954–55)
2324:(1953–54)
2316:(1952–53)
2308:(1950–52)
2300:(1949–50)
2298:McFadyean
2292:(1948–49)
2284:(1947–48)
2276:(1945–47)
2268:(1936–43)
2260:(1930–33)
2252:(1927–30)
2244:(1926–27)
2236:(1923–26)
2228:(1920–23)
2226:Robertson
2220:(1918–20)
2212:(1911–18)
2210:J Brunner
2204:(1908–11)
2196:(1906–07)
2188:(1902–06)
2172:(1886–90)
2164:(1883–90)
2156:(1881–82)
2148:(1880–81)
2140:(1877–80)
2119:(1984–88)
2111:(1967–84)
2103:(1955–67)
2095:(1944–55)
2087:(1936–44)
2079:(1931–36)
2071:(1924–31)
2069:Beauchamp
2063:(1923–24)
2055:(1908–23)
2036:(1985–88)
2028:(1979-85)
2020:(1976-79)
2012:(1964–76)
2004:(1962–64)
1996:(1951–62)
1988:(1949–51)
1980:(1945–49)
1972:(1940–45)
1964:(1931–35)
1956:(1929–31)
1933:(1976–88)
1917:(1967–76)
1909:(1956–67)
1901:(1945–56)
1893:(1935–45)
1885:(1931–35)
1877:(1926–31)
1869:(1918–20)
1867:(interim)
1858:(1916–26)
1839:(1908–23)
1831:(1905–08)
1823:(1902–05)
1813:Kimberley
1807:(1894–96)
1799:(1891–94)
1797:Kimberley
1791:(1868–91)
1789:Granville
1783:(1865–68)
1775:(1859–65)
1773:Granville
1756:(1908–16)
1740:(1896–98)
1732:(1894–96)
1724:(1880–94)
1722:Gladstone
1716:(1875–80)
1708:(1865–75)
1706:Gladstone
1700:(1859–65)
926:East Fife
897:East Fife
868:East Fife
545:Election
170:in 1988.
132:Elections
82:Edinburgh
59:Dissolved
3249:Historic
3104:Peelites
3081:The Land
2960:Brooks's
2450:S Robson
2442:Beaumont
2322:L Robson
2258:Brampton
2250:Hobhouse
2146:Collings
1962:Sinclair
1891:Sinclair
1805:Rosebery
1738:Harcourt
1730:Rosebery
1467:25530538
888:Dec 1910
859:Jan 1910
853:Liberal
674:Liberal
626:Liberal
603:Liberal
580:Liberal
249:Chairmen
223:Whiggish
164:Unionist
152:Scotland
89:Ideology
2554:Tordoff
2538:Bingham
2458:Terrell
2410:Fulford
2354:Micklem
2346:Behrens
2242:Spender
2234:Maclean
2186:Birrell
2077:Reading
1923:Grimond
1907:Grimond
1864:Maclean
1856:Asquith
1821:Spencer
1781:Russell
1754:Asquith
1682:Leaders
1404:Labour
1335:Labour
1306:Labour
1202:Labour
1179:Labour
1093:13 / 71
1061:Paisley
1041:22 / 71
1032:Paisley
1012:12 / 71
1002:15 / 71
982:Paisley
959:25 / 71
906:57 / 70
877:58 / 70
848:58 / 70
815:34 / 70
782:39 / 70
759:51 / 70
727:43 / 70
698:51 / 70
669:52 / 58
644:40 / 58
621:51 / 58
598:42 / 53
575:40 / 53
407:1880s:
51:Founded
2757:(1931)
2679:(1886)
2578:Wilson
2562:Watson
2378:Murray
2314:Walker
2266:Meston
2170:Foster
2162:Kitson
2093:Samuel
2026:vacant
2018:Pardoe
2010:vacant
1994:vacant
1978:vacant
1970:Harris
1954:Samuel
1925:(1976)
1915:Thorpe
1899:Davies
1883:Samuel
1601:
1582:
1517:
1490:
1465:
1428:3 / 71
1399:3 / 71
1376:3 / 71
1353:3 / 71
1330:5 / 71
1301:4 / 71
1272:1 / 71
1243:1 / 71
1220:1 / 71
1197:2 / 71
1174:0 / 71
1142:3 / 71
1116:7 / 71
1070:8 / 71
949:8 / 71
554:Seats
511:Leader
503:1983:
497:1982:
481:1965:
471:1963:
465:1961:
455:1960:
449:1935:
443:1934:
437:1928:
431:1909:
425:1901:
419:1886:
413:1884:
388:1982:
382:1980:
373:1975:
364:1970:
358:1965:
352:1956:
346:1954:
340:1953:
334:1952:
323:1946:
317:1936:
311:1936:
302:1925:
296:1921:
287:1910:
278:1908:
272:1906:
266:1902:
260:1894:
254:1886:
160:Labour
2586:Slade
2530:Holme
2514:Steed
2506:Evans
2474:Lloyd
2466:Jones
2418:Seear
2330:White
2290:Dodds
2202:Angus
2117:Seear
2109:Byers
2085:Crewe
2053:Crewe
2034:Beith
1931:Steel
1837:Crewe
1829:Ripon
1463:JSTOR
1088:18.1
1065:16.6
1036:28.4
995:17.7
942:19.1
901:53.6
872:54.2
843:56.4
810:50.2
777:51.7
754:53.9
722:53.6
693:53.3
664:70.1
639:68.4
616:82.5
593:85.4
570:66.4
2910:SAOs
2522:Rose
2482:Holt
2434:Wade
2282:Foot
2218:Lunn
2061:Grey
2002:Wade
1599:ISBN
1580:ISBN
1515:ISBN
1488:ISBN
1459:LXXI
1423:9.0
1417:for
1410:1979
1394:8.3
1371:7.9
1348:5.5
1341:1970
1325:6.8
1319:for
1312:1966
1296:7.6
1290:for
1283:1964
1267:4.1
1261:for
1254:1959
1238:1.9
1231:1955
1215:2.7
1208:1951
1192:6.6
1185:1950
1169:5.6
1163:for
1156:1945
1137:6.7
1130:1935
1111:8.6
1104:1931
1081:1929
1059:for
1052:1924
1030:for
1023:1923
988:21.5
980:for
973:1922
935:15.0
924:for
917:1918
895:for
866:for
837:for
833:Sir
829:1906
804:for
800:Sir
796:1900
770:1895
748:for
741:1892
716:for
709:1886
687:for
680:1885
657:1880
632:1874
609:1868
586:1865
563:1859
475:and
459:and
232:The
189:and
162:and
142:The
54:1859
2338:Rea
2101:Rea
150:in
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1457:.
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