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602:National Front
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375:Turnout 79.4%
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94:Second party
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52: →
51:
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46:
45:22 March 1990
43:
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38:←
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2169:2010–present
1992:
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1896:By-elections
1887:
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1803:. Retrieved
1798:
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1766:The Guardian
1765:
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1656:The Guardian
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1614:The Guardian
1613:
1595:
1590:
1582:
1566:
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1553:
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1522:The Guardian
1521:
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1503:
1496:Sunday Times
1495:
1490:
1482:
1477:
1469:
1464:
1454:
1450:
1442:
1437:
1430:The Guardian
1429:
1424:
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1398:
1391:The Guardian
1390:
1385:
1378:Sunday Times
1377:
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1337:The Guardian
1336:
1331:
1323:
1308:The Guardian
1307:
1287:
1282:
1249:
1237:
1216:
1207:Save the 2CV
1195:
1172:
1147:
1126:
1105:
1082:
1057:
1036:
1013:
961:Conservative
932:
923:
911:77.5% (-1.9)
908:
903:
899:
894:
860:
851:
846:
842:
835:
822:
813:The Guardian
811:
810:
806:Neil Kinnock
795:
789:
785:
783:
772:
766:
740:
726:Neil Kinnock
695:
693:
678:Sunday Times
676:
674:
645:
629:
606:
579:
567:East Dereham
551:
540:
503:
470:
467:Conservative
396:Conservative
388:
320:
301:Conservative
286:
279:constituency
273:
271:
254:
250:
245:Conservative
239:
235:
184:
168:
154:Conservative
130:
118:
109:
97:Third party
91:First party
44:
2008:September:
1253:Thatcherism
1225:David Black
934:Sylvia Heal
904:Electorate:
779:Peter Snape
554:Green Party
515:Sylvia Heal
490:James Prior
390:John Heddle
307:John Heddle
297:Sylvia Heal
288:by-election
256:Sylvia Heal
241:John Heddle
181:Percentage
132:Sylvia Heal
2194:Categories
2088:Langbaurgh
2076:November:
2020:November:
2016:Eastbourne
2004:Upper Bann
1954:Pontypridd
1952:February:
1935:December:
1929:November:
1925:Kensington
1275:References
818:Ian Aitken
797:Daily Mail
784:A further
774:Daily Mail
744:David Icke
706:John Smith
637:Tim Renton
354:Candidate
317:Background
295:candidate
127:Candidate
2164:1979–2010
2159:1950–1979
2154:1931–1950
2149:1918–1931
2144:1900–1918
2139:1885–1900
2134:1868–1885
2129:1857–1868
2124:1847–1857
2119:1832–1847
2114:1818–1832
2109:1806–1818
2104:1801–1806
2078:Hemsworth
2014:October:
1782:The Times
1753:The Times
1737:The Times
1711:The Times
1698:The Times
1682:The Times
1669:The Times
1627:The Times
1596:The Times
1583:The Times
1567:The Times
1554:The Times
1538:The Times
1509:The Times
1483:The Times
1470:The Times
1443:The Times
1417:The Times
1404:The Times
1353:The Times
1324:The Times
1288:The Times
1246:Aftermath
1091:John Hill
924:Majority:
877:Candidate
843:The Times
824:The Times
816:reporter
590:deed-poll
547:Lichfield
486:Bow Group
348:Election
338:. At the
2066:Monmouth
1976:Vauxhall
1959:Richmond
1805:22 March
1263:See also
999:Ian Wood
909:Turnout:
871:Election
794:and the
626:Campaign
332:Chartham
2058:April:
2052:March:
1991:March:
1904:»
1898:to the
1886:«
1456:Hansard
857:Results
661:Rugeley
612:Citroën
584:of the
571:Norfolk
482:Newbury
436:13,114
432:Liberal
418:13,990
400:28,644
311:suicide
285:held a
281:of the
173:18,200
102:
88:
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70:Turnout
2070:July:
2022:Bootle
1999:Bootle
1969:June:
1923:July:
1910:»
1892:«
1830:
965:18,200
944:27,649
940:Labour
918:Labour
906:77,728
714:Barnet
531:Surrey
500:Labour
414:Labour
360:Votes
357:Party
293:Labour
260:Labour
221:12.0%
213:18.3%
205:24.4%
197:Swing
192:11.2%
189:32.3%
176:6,315
169:27,649
149:Labour
145:Party
2064:May:
2060:Neath
1997:May:
1963:May:
1030:1,215
1026:Green
1007:1,422
992:-12.0
986:6,315
971:-18.3
950:+24.4
920:Gain
883:Votes
880:Party
853:tax.
802:Pound
565:from
527:Egham
439:23.2
421:24.7
403:50.6
185:49.1%
79:1.9%)
2046:1991
1985:1990
1946:1989
1917:1988
1828:ISBN
1807:2016
1257:1992
989:11.2
968:32.3
947:49.1
731:whip
716:and
683:Mori
675:The
552:The
455:1.5
452:836
336:Kent
272:The
50:1992
40:1987
1238:N/A
1234:0.1
1217:N/A
1213:0.1
1196:N/A
1192:0.1
1173:N/A
1169:0.1
1148:N/A
1144:0.1
1127:N/A
1123:0.2
1120:102
1106:N/A
1102:0.6
1099:311
1083:N/A
1079:0.6
1076:336
1058:N/A
1054:1.0
1051:547
1037:N/A
1033:2.2
1014:N/A
1010:2.5
1003:SDP
863:ITN
620:RAF
616:2CV
569:in
472:be
110:Con
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