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52:Liberal Party
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1815:Rennie Smith
1793:
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1585:
1569:
1509:P.J. Dollan
1489:Thomas Moore
1446:
1442:
1422:
1335:Rennie Smith
1303:: Penistone
1294:Rennie Smith
1292:by Labour's
1287:
1271:
1204:Rennie Smith
1152:: Penistone
1140:
1124:
1005:: Penistone
973:
953:
827:
811:
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632:
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598:
587:
573:
548:
486:
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423:Conservative
357:Conservative
352:
286:Conservative
228:
212:
87:
75:
64:
47:
46:
36:
1863:UK MPs 1910
1838:1928 deaths
1833:1874 births
1729:1803–2005:
996:by-election
659:by-election
647:(new seat)
490:James Hogge
1827:Categories
1698:Frank Owen
1595:References
1589:Parliament
1465:Candidate
1449:Ayr Burghs
1311:Candidate
1160:Candidate
1013:Candidate
998:in 1921.
842:Candidate
676:Candidate
514:Candidate
385:Candidate
248:Candidate
103:Candidate
1799:Penistone
1709:The Times
1540:Majority
1389:Majority
1238:Majority
1091:Majority
988:Yorkshire
984:Penistone
920:Majority
778:Majority
605:Majority
441:Majority
323:Majority
183:Majority
73:in 1904.
1567:Unionist
1484:Unionist
1352:Unionist
1221:Unionist
1074:Unionist
809:Unionist
760:National
695:Unionist
655:Rusholme
1726:Hansard
1552:Turnout
1524:Liberal
1493:11,601
1427:Liberal
1407:28,514
1403:Turnout
1372:Liberal
1339:10,997
1269:Liberal
1256:24,862
1252:Turnout
1179:Liberal
1122:Liberal
1109:24,906
1105:Turnout
1032:Liberal
974:At the
958:Liberal
938:23,667
934:Turnout
883:Liberal
793:Turnout
739:Liberal
626:20,451
622:Turnout
583:Liberal
542:10,786
496:at the
468:Liberal
453:Turnout
404:Liberal
350:Liberal
335:Turnout
267:Liberal
195:Turnout
144:Liberal
1623:, 1907
1531:4,656
1512:9,787
1505:Labour
1468:Votes
1462:Party
1420:Labour
1392:1,279
1379:7,799
1359:9,718
1330:Labour
1314:Votes
1308:Party
1228:7,369
1208:8,329
1199:Labour
1186:9,164
1163:Votes
1157:Party
1081:7,600
1061:8,382
1052:Labour
1039:8,924
1016:Votes
1010:Party
992:Labour
951:Labour
910:7,123
890:7,984
870:8,560
861:Labour
845:Votes
839:Party
787:−31.3
781:2,982
746:3,923
731:+15.6
725:6,412
718:Labour
710:−20.4
704:9,394
679:Votes
673:Party
608:2,790
592:1,669
567:7,996
558:Labour
517:Votes
511:Party
432:8,486
411:9,315
388:Votes
382:Party
314:1,718
307:Labour
295:7,528
274:8,422
251:Votes
245:Party
173:2,568
164:Labour
151:2,871
131:3,119
106:Votes
100:Party
1575:Swing
1432:Swing
1425:from
1410:80.6
1382:27.4
1362:38.5
1342:38.5
1277:Swing
1259:71.8
1231:29.6
1211:33.5
1189:36.9
1130:Swing
1112:73.1
1084:30.5
1064:33.7
1042:35.8
963:Swing
956:from
941:71.7
913:30.1
893:33.7
873:36.2
817:Swing
799:67.5
784:14.5
752:−0.2
749:19.1
728:31.2
707:45.7
657:at a
629:60.9
611:13.6
570:39.1
545:52.7
476:Swing
362:Swing
355:from
218:Swing
176:30.0
154:33.5
134:36.4
1808:1924
1804:1922
1797:for
1774:1918
1770:1910
1763:for
1570:hold
1423:gain
1395:4.4
1272:hold
1244:3.4
1241:835
1143:1923
1125:hold
1097:2.1
1094:542
982:for
954:gain
926:2.5
923:576
812:hold
773:n/a
770:4.0
767:815
595:8.2
471:hold
353:gain
213:hold
1696:by
1145:,
986:in
645:win
633:N/A
615:N/A
599:N/A
574:N/A
549:N/A
1829::
1649:^
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1471:%
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113:±%
109:%
1806:–
1772:–
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