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244:44,311
228:33,206
224:Turnout
189:Liberal
175:11,228
147:14,127
101:Results
47:Vacancy
1377:Ogmore
1252:Ogmore
1009:Eifion
982:»
957:«
800:July:
789:June:
731:Putney
712:July:
686:June:
576:June:
504:July:
493:June:
462:Henley
437:»
419:«
366:
342:
256:Labour
218:−27.5
212:2,899
196:7,851
157:−25.6
134:Labour
117:Votes
111:Party
53:Labour
22:was a
1359:Neath
1315:1940s
1238:1930s
1199:Gower
1161:1920s
1128:Arfon
1086:Arfon
1066:1910s
989:1900s
965:Wales
773:May:
769:Perth
677:Upton
675:May:
570:May:
264:Swing
234:+1.2
231:74.9
199:23.6
181:+1.9
178:33.8
152:42.5
41:Wales
740:1935
636:1934
536:1933
444:1932
364:ISBN
340:ISBN
259:hold
215:8.7
18:The
963:in
203:N/A
39:in
33:of
1540::
124:±%
120:%
66:.
43:.
943:e
936:t
929:v
405:e
398:t
391:v
372:.
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