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167:Colin Coote
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1813:Categories
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1664:Canterbury
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1627:Bridgwater
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1552:Mid Armagh
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1517:November:
1471:Chesterton
1456:East Clare
1371:Rossendale
1354:February:
1306:December:
1300:November:
1291:Winchester
1232:Tewkesbury
1205:Harborough
1157:February:
1138:Chesterton
1128:Portsmouth
1099:December:
1085:St Austell
1058:November:
1005:Mid Durham
988:Mid Antrim
973:Chesterton
936:February:
909:December:
903:November:
801:February:
773:December:
754:North Cork
752:November:
726:Wandsworth
715:Altrincham
699:Shrewsbury
670:February:
632:November:
628:Midlothian
557:Leominster
529:February:
501:December:
480:November:
448:Wellington
391:Barnstaple
375:Cheltenham
338:Horncastle
326:February:
207:References
173:Unopposed
140:Candidate
116:The result
88:Candidates
1783:1979–2010
1778:1950–1979
1773:1931–1950
1768:1918–1931
1763:1900–1918
1758:1885–1900
1753:1868–1885
1748:1857–1868
1743:1847–1857
1738:1832–1847
1733:1818–1832
1728:1806–1818
1723:1801–1806
1701:Prestwich
1674:October:
1622:Gravesend
1585:Tullamore
1557:Prestwich
1550:January:
1496:October:
1466:Cambridge
1366:Rotherham
1348:January:
1302:West Cork
1279:October:
1275:Mansfield
1216:Wimbledon
1184:Droitwich
1153:Rotherham
1116:January:
1101:Cleveland
1080:St Helens
1047:October:
993:Maidstone
916:Tullamore
834:East Fife
808:Cork City
795:January:
736:Leicester
710:Newmarket
659:January:
595:Holmfirth
523:January:
469:October:
459:Middleton
438:East Cork
359:Brentford
110:Unionists
1662:August:
1616:Wansbeck
1595:Keighley
1508:Spalding
1480:August:
1387:Stockton
1381:Tamworth
1269:Abingdon
1252:August:
1195:Hertford
1148:Mile End
1095:Tiverton
1075:Kingston
1065:Uxbridge
1032:Keighley
881:August:
856:Brighton
769:Keighley
746:August:
615:August:
601:Ilkeston
547:Hereford
476:Keighley
457:August:
402:Brighton
343:Westbury
247:See also
1670:Banbury
1653:Fareham
1637:Clapham
1578:April:
1567:March:
1530:Wisbech
1492:Norwich
1396:April:
1385:March:
1308:Hornsey
1214:April:
1188:March:
1179:Chester
1070:Cardiff
1060:Heywood
1054:Appleby
1017:Preston
1003:April:
997:March:
953:Shipley
938:Norwich
850:Ipswich
827:April:
803:Wycombe
764:Reading
697:April:
686:March:
682:Chorley
634:Taunton
566:April:
540:March:
497:Hitchin
368:April:
352:March:
307:»
301:to the
289:«
68:Liberal
54:Liberal
40:Vacancy
30:Wisbech
1707:Wilton
1641:July:
1620:June:
1606:Exeter
1476:Dundee
1446:Fulham
1439:July:
1430:Henley
1425:Epping
1423:June:
1408:Ealing
1392:Oxford
1254:Bodmin
1246:July:
1242:Widnes
1226:Ossory
1174:Bolton
1036:July:
1015:June:
894:Bolton
865:July:
854:June:
818:Poplar
740:July:
719:June:
693:Kendal
639:Bolton
606:Hanley
599:July:
588:June:
487:Oldham
406:July:
395:June:
364:Bootle
313:»
295:«
143:Votes
137:Party
108:, the
20:was a
1599:May:
1412:May:
1328:Derby
1230:May:
1038:Arfon
1009:May:
838:May:
731:Dover
708:May:
611:Crewe
590:Hythe
577:May:
562:Epsom
508:Govan
443:Luton
384:May:
328:Arfon
78:Gezer
1681:Bath
1601:Ross
1544:1918
1342:1917
1210:Hyde
1110:1916
930:1915
789:1914
721:Leix
653:1913
517:1912
320:1911
199:hold
16:The
186:N/A
179:N/A
104:of
32:in
1815::
150:±%
146:%
84:.
64:MC
59:,
57:MP
36:.
281:e
274:t
267:v
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