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had died on 7 May 1940. O'Connor had held the seat since a
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458:Combined Scottish Universities
208:Combined Scottish Universities
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313:Combined English Universities
72:war-time Coalition Government
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1616:20th century in Nottingham
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31:British House of Commons
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806:Middleton and Prestwich
1256:Midlothian and Peebles
1036:Scarborough and Whitby
658:Brecon and Radnorshire
1391:Sheffield Attercliffe
1086:North East Derbyshire
879:Heywood and Radcliffe
76:1945 general election
1107:Newcastle-under-Lyme
922:Birmingham Edgbaston
753:Cambridge University
397:Kingston-upon-Thames
329:Stalybridge and Hyde
307:Richmond-upon-Thames
259:Birmingham Erdington
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49:Sir Terence O'Connor
45:Member of Parliament
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1235:University of Wales
890:Manchester Exchange
376:Holland with Boston
60:Sir Frederick Sykes
53:by-election in 1930
1469:Middlesbrough West
1431:Berwick-upon-Tweed
1208:Manchester Clayton
1160:Llandaff and Barry
1030:Berwick-upon-Tweed
869:Middlesbrough West
853:Nottingham Central
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413:Glasgow Springburn
334:Wandsworth Central
248:Balham and Tooting
64:Governor of Bombay
38:Nottingham Central
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684:Ashton-under-Lyne
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302:Oxford University
297:Manchester Gorton
214:Ross and Cromarty
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1560:2010–present
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1241:Belfast West
1197:Poplar South
1128:Cardiff East
944:South Dorset
852:
738:Belfast East
733:Swansea East
690:Macclesfield
652:Colne Valley
562:East Norfolk
407:North Dorset
188:
179:By-elections
170:
126:
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42:Conservative
34:constituency
22:
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18:
1418:September:
1261:King's Lynn
1034:September:
1003:West Dorset
949:Petersfield
917:Northampton
911:Southampton
883:September:
837:Bournemouth
812:Spen Valley
775:Argyllshire
723:Southampton
469:Fulham West
411:September:
1585:Categories
1458:Chelmsford
1448:Motherwell
1408:Clay Cross
1374:February:
1341:December:
1335:November:
1320:Chippenham
1282:Buckingham
1239:February:
1181:Spennymoor
1154:Chichester
1084:February:
1062:December:
1051:November:
1041:The Wrekin
1024:Pontefract
970:Carmarthen
937:February:
915:December:
899:November:
748:Silvertown
721:February:
694:December:
688:November:
627:Caerphilly
621:Kennington
568:Holderness
566:February:
543:December:
524:Bridgwater
512:November:
448:Pontypridd
446:February:
423:November:
366:Cheltenham
356:Buckingham
290:February:
265:Clay Cross
263:November:
212:February:
109:References
98:Nottingham
1555:1979–2010
1550:1950–1979
1545:1931–1950
1540:1918–1931
1535:1900–1918
1530:1885–1900
1525:1868–1885
1520:1857–1868
1515:1847–1857
1510:1832–1847
1505:1818–1832
1500:1806–1818
1495:1801–1806
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1368:January:
1326:St Albans
1324:October:
1287:Eddisbury
1228:January:
1206:October:
1176:Salisbury
1123:Tavistock
1058:Hampstead
1047:Lancaster
1045:October:
986:Mansfield
939:Doncaster
906:Aldershot
759:Kettering
701:Stretford
696:Streatham
669:High Peak
662:October:
560:January:
529:Doncaster
506:October:
480:Aylesbury
475:Lichfield
442:Farnworth
440:January:
417:October:
318:Tonbridge
257:October:
206:January:
1376:Brighton
1318:August:
1292:Daventry
1230:Hamilton
1187:Rothwell
1185:August:
1138:Wallasey
1117:Grantham
1097:Nuneaton
1091:Keighley
1053:Brighton
1028:August:
1009:Greenock
867:August:
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858:Rochdale
796:Brighton
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679:Ormskirk
656:August:
647:Monmouth
514:Dartford
496:Barnsley
491:Stafford
425:Hastings
402:Chertsey
275:Greenock
225:Llanelli
82:See also
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1446:April:
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1400:March:
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1170:Windsor
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453:Ipswich
391:St Ives
381:Bewdley
327:April:
323:Farnham
311:March:
270:Preston
231:Peckham
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181:to the
169:«
1412:July:
1348:Darwen
1312:July:
1303:Newark
1296:June:
1251:Antrim
1174:July:
1165:Maldon
1158:June:
1149:Putney
1064:Harrow
1019:Dudley
1007:July:
1001:June:
965:Bodmin
885:Bolton
841:July:
810:June:
625:July:
508:Oxford
500:July:
484:June:
395:July:
386:Ilford
349:June:
241:July:
235:June:
193:»
175:«
25:was a
1474:Neath
1467:May:
1353:Acton
1147:May:
1143:Rugby
1112:Wigan
990:May:
794:May:
706:Wells
642:Hythe
594:May:
573:Ripon
539:Fylde
473:May:
343:May:
243:Derby
237:Lewes
229:May:
47:(MP)
1440:1945
1362:1944
1222:1943
1213:Ince
1078:1942
931:1941
715:1940
596:Down
554:1939
434:1938
345:York
284:1937
200:1936
21:The
36:of
1587::
117:^
78:.
55:.
161:e
154:t
147:v
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