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538:September:
201:by-election
189:free trader
22:by-election
1630:Categories
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1434:Lee Quarry
1393:Haslingden
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1104:New Forest
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286:References
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195:The result
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79:Candidates
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30:Rossendale
1403:Whitworth
1358:Whitworth
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561:January:
528:Wokingham
495:Maidstone
489:Stretford
467:Blackpool
447:Guildford
160:socialist
139:Blackburn
135:Wilpshire
123:Wimbledon
104:Unionists
1477:Politics
1348:Stubbins
1070:Carlisle
1028:Brighton
995:Mile End
944:August:
940:Oswestry
935:Chertsey
828:Lewisham
762:August:
741:Camborne
735:Chertsey
720:Woolwich
634:Tiverton
627:August:
611:Woolwich
568:Dewsbury
532:August:
511:Oswestry
506:Mid Cork
351:See also
92:Liberals
1488:Council
1371:Schools
1026:April:
1017:Appleby
1015:March:
973:Horsham
946:Reading
930:Sowerby
906:April:
885:March:
855:Norwich
823:Dulwich
817:Chorley
806:Fareham
747:Preston
739:April:
713:March:
604:April:
593:March:
534:Andover
493:March:
442:Preston
416:»
410:to the
398:«
275:Liberal
239:Liberal
164:Burnley
137:, near
131:Burnley
129:MP for
57:Salford
46:Liberal
40:Vacancy
1058:July:
1034:Whitby
1032:June:
928:July:
912:June:
833:Ludlow
756:July:
715:Galway
621:July:
546:Galway
526:July:
520:June:
422:»
404:«
222:Votes
216:Party
174:Issues
146:Labour
51:, Sir
1461:Media
1412:Sport
1323:Facit
1303:Bacup
1261:Rosso
745:May:
615:May:
499:May:
437:Dover
162:from
1594:1900
1589:1892
1508:2000
1498:1998
1044:Cork
982:1905
842:1904
680:1903
617:Bury
555:1902
481:1901
429:1900
278:hold
150:The
127:Tory
59:and
16:The
725:Rye
265:N/A
258:N/A
32:in
1632::
1604:17
1599:04
1563:15
1558:14
1553:12
1548:11
1543:10
1538:08
1533:07
1528:06
1523:04
1518:03
1513:02
1503:99
229:±%
225:%
207:.
191:.
75:.
49:MP
1229:e
1222:t
1215:v
390:e
383:t
376:v
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