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381:"General election 2019: The election losers who come back for more"
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203:The party stood one candidate, John Morris, in the
607:Peace - Journal of the UK Peace Party, Autumn 2013
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241:The Peace Party gained its first councillor in
183:by a group of activists, including Quakers, in
480:City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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457:Bradford councillor resigns from Labour party
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1001:Traditional Unionist Voice
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1039:London Conservatives
1007:People Before Profit
197:Electoral Commission
927:Welsh Conservatives
856:Scottish Parliament
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