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The SNP had not contested the seat in the past, but during the campaign predicted that the result would be a "photo-finish" between their candidate and the Labour candidate. Both the
Conservatives and Labour made complaints to the police about the illegal posting of SNP posters during the campaign,
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reported that the Labour Party candidate seemed "certain to win the seat". After the result was known, the same newspaper's political correspondent suggested that "so handsome a victory" for Labour meant
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did not run a candidate for the by-election. However, in this case, the move had been in part instigated by former party leader
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while on polling day an incident involving an SNP and a Labour official led to the former making a police complaint.
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851:Categories
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642:December:
606:Chichester
600:Mid Ulster
567:New Forest
565:November:
555:Caerphilly
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246:References
83:Candidate
45:Jo Grimond
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561:Bassetlaw
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