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take whatever action is shown to be necessary'. The
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392:North East Lanarkshire
165:Henry Hamilton Beamish
78:Noel Pemberton Billing
70:Henry Hamilton Beamish
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655:Manchester North West
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371:Cambridge University
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1181:Bradford Central
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1361:Whitechapel
1311:September:
1228:Cockermouth
1202:North Louth
996:Howdenshire
986:Scarborough
949:East Galway
930:September:
813:Wick Burghs
742:Whitechapel
715:East Antrim
664:September:
501:September:
418:East Dorset
160:Independent
136:Harry Greer
64:. With the
62:Harry Greer
22:by-election
1851:Categories
1743:November:
1702:Canterbury
1670:East Cavan
1665:Bridgwater
1599:February:
1590:Mid Armagh
1566:December:
1555:November:
1509:Chesterton
1494:East Clare
1409:Rossendale
1392:February:
1344:December:
1338:November:
1329:Winchester
1270:Tewkesbury
1243:Harborough
1195:February:
1176:Chesterton
1166:Portsmouth
1137:December:
1123:St Austell
1096:November:
1043:Mid Durham
1026:Mid Antrim
1011:Chesterton
974:February:
947:December:
941:November:
839:February:
811:December:
792:North Cork
790:November:
764:Wandsworth
753:Altrincham
737:Shrewsbury
708:February:
670:November:
666:Midlothian
595:Leominster
567:February:
539:December:
518:November:
486:Wellington
429:Barnstaple
413:Cheltenham
376:Horncastle
364:February:
232:References
109:Candidate
1821:1979–2010
1816:1950–1979
1811:1931–1950
1806:1918–1931
1801:1900–1918
1796:1885–1900
1791:1868–1885
1786:1857–1868
1781:1847–1857
1776:1832–1847
1771:1818–1832
1766:1806–1818
1761:1801–1806
1739:Prestwich
1712:October:
1660:Gravesend
1623:Tullamore
1595:Prestwich
1588:January:
1534:October:
1504:Cambridge
1404:Rotherham
1386:January:
1340:West Cork
1317:October:
1313:Mansfield
1254:Wimbledon
1222:Droitwich
1191:Rotherham
1154:January:
1139:Cleveland
1118:St Helens
1085:October:
1031:Maidstone
954:Tullamore
872:East Fife
846:Cork City
833:January:
774:Leicester
748:Newmarket
697:January:
633:Holmfirth
561:January:
507:October:
497:Middleton
476:East Cork
397:Brentford
270:The Times
258:The Times
238:The Times
182:Majority
1700:August:
1654:Wansbeck
1633:Keighley
1546:Spalding
1518:August:
1425:Stockton
1419:Tamworth
1307:Abingdon
1290:August:
1233:Hertford
1186:Mile End
1133:Tiverton
1113:Kingston
1103:Uxbridge
1070:Keighley
919:August:
894:Brighton
807:Keighley
784:August:
653:August:
639:Ilkeston
585:Hereford
514:Keighley
495:August:
440:Brighton
381:Westbury
280:See also
58:Unionist
1877:Clapham
1708:Banbury
1691:Fareham
1675:Clapham
1616:April:
1605:March:
1568:Wisbech
1530:Norwich
1434:April:
1423:March:
1346:Hornsey
1252:April:
1226:March:
1217:Chester
1108:Cardiff
1098:Heywood
1092:Appleby
1055:Preston
1041:April:
1035:March:
991:Shipley
976:Norwich
888:Ipswich
865:April:
841:Wycombe
802:Reading
735:April:
724:March:
720:Chorley
672:Taunton
604:April:
578:March:
535:Hitchin
406:April:
390:March:
345:»
339:to the
327:«
196:Turnout
33:Clapham
1745:Wilton
1679:July:
1658:June:
1644:Exeter
1514:Dundee
1484:Fulham
1477:July:
1468:Henley
1463:Epping
1461:June:
1446:Ealing
1430:Oxford
1292:Bodmin
1284:July:
1280:Widnes
1264:Ossory
1212:Bolton
1074:July:
1053:June:
932:Bolton
903:July:
892:June:
856:Poplar
778:July:
757:June:
731:Kendal
677:Bolton
644:Hanley
637:July:
626:June:
525:Oldham
444:July:
433:June:
402:Bootle
351:»
333:«
200:7,843
185:1,181
169:3,331
142:4,512
112:Votes
106:Party
49:(MP),
20:was a
1637:May:
1450:May:
1366:Derby
1268:May:
1076:Arfon
1047:May:
876:May:
769:Dover
746:May:
649:Crewe
628:Hythe
615:May:
600:Epsom
546:Govan
481:Luton
422:May:
366:Arfon
220:Swing
188:14.0
172:43.0
147:57.0
96:Votes
90:Times
1719:Bath
1639:Ross
1582:1918
1380:1917
1248:Hyde
1148:1916
968:1915
827:1914
759:Leix
691:1913
555:1912
358:1911
215:hold
56:The
16:The
176:New
35:in
31:of
1853::
119:±%
115:%
53:.
39:.
319:e
312:t
305:v
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