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642:Peter Shore
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601:4 May 1979
587:Francis Pym
567:John Davies
141:David Lammy
110:UK politics
2000:Categories
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1446:Cunningham
1257:References
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1139:Lisa Nandy
791:John Major
761:Robin Cook
612:David Owen
180:Preet Gill
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478:Wilson II
238:Gaitskell
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158:Although
89:Formation
69:Appointer
49:Incumbent
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933:Liam Fox
558:Thatcher
533:Heath II
343:Wilson I
1698:Current
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