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Secretary of State for Prices and
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90:Replaced by
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830:References
774:TN Willis
697:Candidate
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210:Boundaries
102:Broxbourne
945:Stevenage
902:(London:
787:Majority
635:Majority
619:K Taylor
451:Majority
321:Elections
243:Stevenage
204:Stevenage
179:and then
158:Stevenage
94:Stevenage
940:Hertford
854:22 March
416:B Rigby
270:Feb 1974
256:Election
227:Hertford
154:new town
76:Hertford
35:for the
906:, 1979)
805:67,954
801:Turnout
777:15,444
770:Liberal
757:22,167
730:30,343
653:62,701
649:Turnout
602:11,419
595:Liberal
582:20,502
555:29,548
472:70,423
468:Turnout
437:J Pell
412:Liberal
398:30,443
370:31,739
231:Hitchin
162:Hitchin
144:History
128:of the
80:Hitchin
29:Former
818:Labour
808:83.58
793:12.03
790:8,176
780:22.73
760:32.62
735:44.65
717:Labour
700:Votes
694:Party
666:Labour
656:76.26
641:14.43
638:9,046
622:1,232
605:18.21
585:32.70
560:47.13
542:Labour
525:Votes
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454:1,296
419:7,660
389:Labour
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340:Votes
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282:Labour
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261:Member
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112:was a
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