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207:Labour
199:−26.6
183:+10.0
177:6,995
136:3,549
119:−15.9
113:3,935
74:Labour
57:Votes
51:Party
1328:2020s
1311:2010s
1258:2000s
1206:1990s
1159:1980s
1107:1970s
1014:1960s
926:1950s
736:May:
695:Luton
574:May:
499:May:
447:Blyth
404:May:
215:Swing
196:41.9
180:36.8
139:18.7
116:20.7
97:−5.9
92:57.5
1533:stub
1479:stub
730:1964
633:1963
531:1962
456:1961
387:1960
315:2015
274:ISBN
255:2017
210:hold
164:3.1
161:586
26:The
909:in
168:New
143:New
127:SNP
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243:.
64:±%
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