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761:March:
716:April:
650:April:
608:»
602:to the
590:«
331:45,309
327:Turnout
280:15,754
254:22,984
201:-12.17
177:37,733
173:Turnout
153:−15.82
132:+20.08
126:13,048
98:17,536
52:Results
1051:Argyll
961:«
794:July:
788:June:
696:Widnes
683:July:
677:June:
614:»
596:«
357:-2.74
345:Labour
337:−4.52
334:72.58
321:−5.47
318:15.96
315:7,230
307:+0.12
304:14.50
301:6,571
286:+3.55
283:34.77
264:−1.92
259:50.73
241:Labour
224:Votes
218:Party
189:Labour
167:−4.07
164:11.89
161:4,488
150:18.95
147:7,149
129:34.58
108:−4.26
103:46.47
85:Labour
68:Votes
62:Party
27:Labour
1386:2020s
1369:2010s
1316:2000s
1264:1990s
1217:1980s
1165:1970s
1072:1960s
984:1950s
801:Ripon
777:May:
722:May:
673:Goole
661:May:
388:Alloa
353:Swing
197:Swing
32:(MP)
1537:stub
822:Hove
755:1973
710:1972
644:1971
621:1970
549:2020
523:2020
491:2011
465:2015
439:2020
380:The
348:hold
192:hold
16:The
967:in
294:SNP
117:SNP
45:SNP
1582::
539:.
513:.
499:^
429:.
231:±%
227:%
75:±%
71:%
1568:e
1561:t
1554:v
1543:.
947:e
940:t
933:v
582:e
575:t
568:v
551:.
525:.
493:.
467:.
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