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including 1,651 high-explosive bombs across the wider borough, taking decades to rebuild. Relatively poorly paid dock work rapidly evaporated to leave a labour shortage and local work included settings of low-skilled/paid warehouses, railway yards, buses/trams/taxis, civil infrastructure, and many
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1551:Harrow West
1546:Harrow East
1536:Hammersmith
1426:Chislehurst
1396:Brent South
1391:Brent North
1376:Bexleyheath
1084:−2.6
1016:Natural Law
962:−2.5
941:−8.9
854:−3.6
818:−7.3
781:−0.4
749:John Bryan
736:−2.5
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593:Independent
547:New Britain
485:John Tilley
303:Rotherhithe
233:The area's
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1815:Bermondsey
1789:Categories
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1766:Wimbledon
1736:Upminster
1726:Tottenham
1706:Streatham
1666:Orpington
1521:Greenwich
1416:Chingford
1366:Beckenham
1361:Battersea
1059:Majority
809:Majority
789:Communist
636:Majority
404:Elections
272:brutalist
172:Chartists
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1746:Vauxhall
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1691:Romford
1671:Peckham
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1356:Barking
1078:37,734
1074:Turnout
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158:History
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40:Former
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1272:13 May
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1062:9,845
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518:−12.3
512:4,481
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480:Labour
471:+43.0
431:Votes
425:Party
349:Party
346:Member
223:Labour
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1100:Swing
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1065:26.1
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492:34.9
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375:1988
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