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742:Caerphilly
736:Kennington
683:Holderness
681:February:
658:December:
639:Bridgwater
627:November:
563:Pontypridd
561:February:
538:November:
481:Cheltenham
471:Buckingham
405:February:
380:Clay Cross
378:November:
327:February:
220:References
209:Spennymoor
164:Unopposed
131:Candidate
71:Candidates
34:Spennymoor
1670:1979–2010
1665:1950–1979
1660:1931–1950
1655:1918–1931
1650:1900–1918
1645:1885–1900
1640:1868–1885
1635:1857–1868
1630:1847–1857
1625:1832–1847
1620:1818–1832
1615:1806–1818
1610:1801–1806
1539:October:
1483:January:
1441:St Albans
1439:October:
1402:Eddisbury
1343:January:
1321:October:
1291:Salisbury
1238:Tavistock
1173:Hampstead
1162:Lancaster
1160:October:
1101:Mansfield
1054:Doncaster
1021:Aldershot
874:Kettering
816:Stretford
811:Streatham
784:High Peak
777:October:
675:January:
644:Doncaster
621:October:
595:Aylesbury
590:Lichfield
557:Farnworth
555:January:
532:October:
433:Tonbridge
372:October:
321:January:
229:(1983) .
96:safe seat
1491:Brighton
1433:August:
1407:Daventry
1345:Hamilton
1302:Rothwell
1300:August:
1253:Wallasey
1232:Grantham
1212:Nuneaton
1206:Keighley
1168:Brighton
1143:August:
1124:Greenock
982:August:
978:Wansbeck
973:Rochdale
911:Brighton
895:Lonsdale
794:Ormskirk
771:August:
762:Monmouth
629:Dartford
611:Barnsley
606:Stafford
540:Hastings
517:Chertsey
390:Greenock
340:Llanelli
198:See also
98:for the
1725:to the
1594:Newport
1561:April:
1541:Chelsea
1535:Bilston
1521:April:
1515:March:
1485:Skipton
1458:Consett
1395:April:
1391:Watford
1361:Ashford
1285:Windsor
1236:April:
1210:March:
1112:Hornsey
1089:April:
1075:Hitchin
1073:March:
1010:Preston
989:Mitcham
888:April:
872:March:
779:Fareham
703:April:
692:March:
634:Walsall
577:April:
568:Ipswich
506:St Ives
496:Bewdley
442:April:
438:Farnham
426:March:
385:Preston
346:Peckham
333:March:
302:»
296:to the
284:«
1527:July:
1463:Darwen
1427:July:
1418:Newark
1411:June:
1366:Antrim
1289:July:
1280:Maldon
1273:June:
1264:Putney
1179:Harrow
1134:Dudley
1122:July:
1116:June:
1080:Bodmin
1000:Bolton
956:July:
925:June:
740:July:
623:Oxford
615:July:
599:June:
510:July:
501:Ilford
464:June:
356:July:
350:June:
308:»
290:«
237:
187:Labour
151:Labour
134:Votes
128:Party
106:Result
46:Labour
20:was a
1589:Neath
1582:May:
1468:Acton
1262:May:
1258:Rugby
1227:Wigan
1105:May:
909:May:
821:Wells
757:Hythe
709:May:
688:Ripon
654:Fylde
588:May:
458:May:
358:Derby
352:Lewes
344:May:
118:Votes
51:(MP)
1731:stub
1555:1945
1477:1944
1337:1943
1328:Ince
1193:1942
1046:1941
830:1940
711:Down
669:1939
549:1938
460:York
399:1937
315:1936
235:ISBN
190:hold
55:had
16:The
177:N/A
170:N/A
102:).
37:in
31:of
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141:±%
137:%
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67:.
41:.
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