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678:«
544:Liberal
525:57,183
509:50,030
505:Turnout
454:20,610
447:Liberal
428:23,679
378:Results
294:of 1957
256:Liberal
198:11.48%
195:41.20%
179:20,610
160:Liberal
101:
87:
75:Turnout
1434:Ogmore
1405:Ogmore
1382:Islwyn
1181:«
1035:June:
946:Argyll
944:June:
880:June:
812:Melton
792:July:
786:June:
702:»
684:«
636:
537:Labour
491:3,069
477:5,741
415:Labour
398:Votes
392:Party
333:Labour
274:Labour
229:3.70%
221:8.29%
203:Swing
191:47.33%
182:5,741
175:23,679
155:Labour
151:Party
78:87.40%
1420:2010s
1391:2000s
1370:Neath
1362:1990s
1329:Gower
1321:1980s
1304:1970s
1251:1960s
1204:1950s
1189:Wales
966:Wigan
938:May:
864:May:
780:May:
553:+6.5
549:Swing
542:from
515:+2.4
512:87.5
483:+3.7
480:11.5
460:−8.3
457:41.2
438:+4.6
433:47.3
302:Wales
212:4.60%
1001:1959
915:1958
821:1957
742:1956
709:1955
634:ISBN
620:2015
540:gain
494:6.1
286:The
55:1959
45:1955
1187:in
498:N/A
358:of
296:in
114:Lib
1597::
405:±%
401:%
374:.
362:.
308:.
300:,
264:MP
245:MP
123:PC
1167:e
1160:t
1153:v
670:e
663:t
656:v
622:.
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