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94:
90:
86:
85:William Brown
82:
81:George Reakes
73:
71:
69:
68:Common Wealth
65:
64:Edward Moeran
61:
60:Denis Kendall
56:
52:
50:
46:
38:
36:
34:
30:
26:
24:
1837:expanding it
1822:
1797:
1777:2010–present
1548:Peterborough
1519:
1458:Belfast West
1414:Poplar South
1345:Cardiff East
1161:South Dorset
955:Belfast East
950:Swansea East
907:Macclesfield
869:Colne Valley
779:East Norfolk
624:North Dorset
405:
396:By-elections
387:
344:
335:
326:
317:
306:
268:
266:Conservative
228:
205:
180:
157:
152:
147:
140:
135:Conservative
133:
102:
77:
57:
53:
43:49 year-old
42:
20:
18:
1825:by-election
1635:September:
1478:King's Lynn
1251:September:
1220:West Dorset
1166:Petersfield
1134:Northampton
1128:Southampton
1100:September:
1054:Bournemouth
1029:Spen Valley
992:Argyllshire
940:Southampton
686:Fulham West
628:September:
93:Tom Horabin
25:by-election
1876:Categories
1675:Chelmsford
1665:Motherwell
1625:Clay Cross
1591:February:
1558:December:
1552:November:
1537:Chippenham
1499:Buckingham
1456:February:
1398:Spennymoor
1371:Chichester
1301:February:
1279:December:
1268:November:
1258:The Wrekin
1241:Pontefract
1187:Carmarthen
1154:February:
1132:December:
1116:November:
965:Silvertown
938:February:
911:December:
905:November:
844:Caerphilly
838:Kennington
785:Holderness
783:February:
760:December:
741:Bridgwater
729:November:
665:Pontypridd
663:February:
640:November:
583:Cheltenham
573:Buckingham
507:February:
482:Clay Cross
480:November:
429:February:
298:References
115:Candidate
39:Candidates
1772:1979–2010
1767:1950–1979
1762:1931–1950
1757:1918–1931
1752:1900–1918
1747:1885–1900
1742:1868–1885
1737:1857–1868
1732:1847–1857
1727:1832–1847
1722:1818–1832
1717:1806–1818
1712:1801–1806
1641:October:
1585:January:
1543:St Albans
1541:October:
1504:Eddisbury
1445:January:
1423:October:
1393:Salisbury
1340:Tavistock
1275:Hampstead
1264:Lancaster
1262:October:
1203:Mansfield
1156:Doncaster
1123:Aldershot
976:Kettering
918:Stretford
913:Streatham
886:High Peak
879:October:
777:January:
746:Doncaster
723:October:
697:Aylesbury
692:Lichfield
659:Farnworth
657:January:
634:October:
535:Tonbridge
474:October:
423:January:
235:Majority
1593:Brighton
1535:August:
1509:Daventry
1447:Hamilton
1404:Rothwell
1402:August:
1355:Wallasey
1334:Grantham
1314:Nuneaton
1308:Keighley
1270:Brighton
1245:August:
1226:Greenock
1084:August:
1080:Wansbeck
1075:Rochdale
1013:Brighton
997:Lonsdale
896:Ormskirk
873:August:
864:Monmouth
731:Dartford
713:Barnsley
708:Stafford
642:Hastings
619:Chertsey
492:Greenock
442:Llanelli
286:See also
74:Campaign
1827:to the
1696:Newport
1663:April:
1643:Chelsea
1637:Bilston
1623:April:
1617:March:
1587:Skipton
1560:Consett
1497:April:
1493:Watford
1463:Ashford
1387:Windsor
1338:April:
1312:March:
1214:Hornsey
1191:April:
1177:Hitchin
1175:March:
1112:Preston
1091:Mitcham
990:April:
974:March:
881:Fareham
805:April:
794:March:
736:Walsall
679:April:
670:Ipswich
608:St Ives
598:Bewdley
544:April:
540:Farnham
528:March:
487:Preston
448:Peckham
435:March:
404:»
398:to the
386:«
254:32,892
250:Turnout
238:13,010
148:20,120
1629:July:
1565:Darwen
1529:July:
1520:Newark
1513:June:
1468:Antrim
1391:July:
1382:Maldon
1375:June:
1366:Putney
1281:Harrow
1236:Dudley
1224:July:
1218:June:
1182:Bodmin
1102:Bolton
1058:July:
1027:June:
842:July:
725:Oxford
717:July:
701:June:
612:July:
603:Ilford
566:June:
458:July:
452:June:
410:»
392:«
244:+14.7
222:2,473
199:3,189
174:7,110
118:Votes
112:Party
99:Result
23:Newark
1691:Neath
1684:May:
1570:Acton
1364:May:
1360:Rugby
1329:Wigan
1207:May:
1011:May:
923:Wells
859:Hythe
811:May:
790:Ripon
756:Fylde
690:May:
560:May:
460:Derby
454:Lewes
446:May:
274:Swing
241:39.6
177:21.6
158:−1.2
153:61.2
21:1943
1833:stub
1657:1945
1579:1944
1439:1943
1430:Ince
1295:1942
1148:1941
932:1940
813:Down
771:1939
651:1938
562:York
501:1937
417:1936
269:hold
225:7.5
202:9.7
91:and
19:The
229:New
206:New
181:New
95:.
1878::
125:±%
121:%
35:.
1864:e
1857:t
1850:v
1839:.
378:e
371:t
364:v
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